Growing local airline plans new facility

Dayton-based PSA Airlines will open a full-service maintenance facility at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) later this year, the company said Friday.

PSA’s ever-growing fleet needs new locations to support maintenance work, the company said.

In addition to this new facility in GSP, PSA has maintenance facilities at Dayton International, at Akron-Canton Airport, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Since 2014, PSA has doubled its size from 49 aircraft to 115 aircraft this month and will continue to grow to operate 150 Bombardier CRJ aircraft.

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“The location of the GSP facility is ideal for PSA Airlines as it is quite close to our largest hub operation at CLT and will afford unparalleled opportunities to attain synergies that can help mitigate operating costs,” Kevin Reinhalter, PSA vice president, maintenance and engineering, said in PSA’s announcement.

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“GSP is a natural and cost-effective place for our aircraft to undergo overnight maintenance, given where American deploys our aircraft throughout their network,” Reinhalter said. “We are excited about the bright future of this maintenance facility and the positive impact it will have on the reliability of our operation for years to come.”

The company has nearly 900 employees in Dayton and more than 2,500 employees nationally.

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