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American also flew to its hub in Nashville from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s before the airline closed that hub. USAir (later US Airways and now merged into American Airlines) flew nonstop to Charlotte, NC in the mid 1990s with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and Fokker 100s. [9]
American had a direct role in the development of the Douglas DC-3, which resulted from a marathon telephone call from American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith to Douglas Aircraft Company founder Donald Wills Douglas Sr., when Smith persuaded a reluctant Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft based on the DC-2 to replace American's Curtiss Condor II ...
In 1979, Piedmont Airlines chose Charlotte as the hub for its expanding network. A new 325,000-square-foot (30,200 m 2) passenger terminal designed by Odell Associates opened in 1982, and the airport was renamed Charlotte Douglas International Airport. [16]
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These are the airports served by American Airlines' American Eagle brand, composed of six FAA and DOT certificated regional airlines. Three regional airlines, Envoy Air , PSA Airlines , and Piedmont Airlines , are wholly owned subsidiaries of American, but whose aircraft are in American Eagle livery. [ 1 ]
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