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1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad
1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad
1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad
1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad
1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad
1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad

1984 PIEDMONT Airlines Transcontinental CLT-LAX? FIRST CLASS MENU airways ad

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: VERY GOOD condition, as shown.
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Airline: Piedmont
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Type: Menus
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    PIEDMONT AIRLINES
    1984 Transcontinental First Class in-flight dining menu
    This menu is very likely from the CLT-LAX, which was Piedmont's first Transcontinental nonstop route and marked the beginning of First Class service for the airline.
    VERY GOOD condition, as shown.
    This is an original Piedmont Airlines publication.
    Not a reproduction
    .
    Shows code/reference number
    D3-2
    .  Menu is not dated, but is very likely from 1984, since the letter inside the menu's front cover from CEO William Howard states:
    "Piedmont's transcontinental service is the culmination of five years of unparalleled growth."
    Piedmont began West Coast service on April 1, 1984 with daily flights to Los Angeles from Charlotte and Dayton.  With Los Angeles service, Piedmont
    offered
    First Class service for the first time.
    Measures 11.0 INCHES by 8.5 INCHES.  Book-style, opening to 17.0 INCHES wide.
    Menu will be wrapped in plastic and securely packaged in cardboard for protection while in transit.  I am happy to combine shipping on multiple purchases.  If you have any questions, please ask.
    Piedmont Airlines was a United States airline from 1948 to 1989, when it was acquired by and merged into USAir.  Its headquarters were at One Piedmont Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a building that is now part of Wake Forest University.
    In April 1989, shortly before it merged into USAir, Piedmont had 22,000 employees.  In September 1988 it flew to 95 airports from hubs in the eastern United States; its commuter and regional affiliates flew turboprop aircraft via code sharing agreements to 39 more airports.
    After deregulation in the late 1970s the airline grew rapidly and developed a hub at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Piedmont bought Empire Airlines, based in Utica, New York, in 1985 which brought Fokker F28 Fellowships into the fleet.  Passenger-miles for the merged airline in 1987 were almost nine times Piedmont's RPMs in 1977.
    Later hubs included Baltimore/Washington International Airport ; James M. Cox Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio; and Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, New York.
    Nonstops from Charlotte to the west coast started in 1984 on Boeing 727-200s that were Piedmont's first jets with a first-class section.
    New Boeing 767-200ERs (ER for "Extended Range"), the airline's only wide-body jet, flew nonstop Charlotte to London Gatwick Airport beginning in 1987.  The 767 also flew nonstop Charlotte-Los Angeles.