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Here is a map from 1989 before they had officially changed names to USAir.Īnd this is a sign you don’t see anymore on flights: Here is Piedmont’s map from 1984: As you can see they initially flew up and down the East Coast primarily, then spreading out to the midwest.īy 1989, when they were acquired by USAir, they had expanded to California and even London. Today none of these routes (with the exception of one flight to LGA) exist anymore from Roanoke on US Airways as it has turned into the hub system of flying thru Charlotte or Philadelphia.Īnother feature I liked in every airline’s time-table was the airline map, showing where they flew to. These were the days when you could easily fly from Roanoke to New York, Richmond, Washington, and even Greensboro etc in the morning, and fly back in the evening nonstop – great for the business traveler. This 1984 time-table showed daily nonstop flights from Roanoke to Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte (big hub if you wanted to go anywhere else), Charlottesville, Greensboro, New York, Newark, Pittsburgh Richmond, Tri-City, and Washington DC. Later they added First Class, and it was really a big step for them. Looking back, I really loved the Piedmont days! In my early years of flying, they were a single class airline – all coach of course. At the time, Piedmont Airlines was the dominant carrier there so I quickly became a very frequent flyer on them, later to become USAir, US Airways, and soon to become merged with American. When I first started flying for work in the mid-1980s, I was living in my hometown of Roanoke, Virginia.