After 33 Years, Piedmont Airlines Retires Planes that Revolutionized Regional Industry
July 5, 2018
Piedmont Airlines is retiring its de Havilland Canada Dash 8 fleet after 33 years of flying.
On July 4, Flight 4927 will depart from Charlotte Douglas International Airport at 6:33 p.m. and touch down at sunset at Salisbury Wicomico Ocean City Regional Airport, completing the Dash’s final revenue flight.
The Dash 8 fleet has been Piedmont’s pride and joy since the first Dash was delivered to company headquarters in Salisbury on April 4, 1985. The first revenue flight, from Salisbury to Baltimore, took place on May 2, 1985.