“We are disappointed PSA chose to relocate their headquarters to Charlotte,” said Jeff Hoagland, president and chief executive of the Dayton Development Coalition. “We have worked to keep PSA’s local leadership engaged in the business community, and understand this selection was not a competitive process.”
The new PSA headquarters will be located five miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport, where many PSA employees are already working, the company said.
PSA’s Charlotte headquarters is expected to open in January 2026 and will have about 400 PSA workers.
“We chose to relocate PSA’s headquarters to Charlotte for several important reasons, including that Charlotte is where most of our daily departures occur and almost all our training is based,” said Dion Flannery, president and CEO of PSA. “Charlotte is a vibrant community and home to the world’s seventh-busiest airport.”
He added: “While we’re looking forward to getting integrated into the Charlotte community, I want to sincerely thank the city of Dayton, its leaders and the entire Dayton community for embracing and supporting PSA for so many years. We will continue to have a presence in Dayton with a maintenance hangar and crew base, including more than 550 Dayton-based team members.”
PSA said 350 Dayton-based employees are being invited to move to Charlotte. They have until the end of April to decide, the airline said.
Annually, PSA said it hires nearly 1,200 employees.
Movement of PSA team members from Dayton to Charlotte will be “gradual,” PSA said, with some moves happening as early as the second half of 2025, concluding in 2026.
PSA’s MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility will remain local, continuing to employ hundreds of people and its flight service will not be disrupted, Hoagland also said.
“The Dayton region continues to grow its aerospace manufacturing ecosystem at the Dayton International Airport, and PSA will continue to be part of that,” he added.
A message seeking comment was left with a spokesman for PSA.
Late Wednesday and early Thursday, visitors to the company’s web site were sent directly to the American Airlines web site, which focused on information about Flight 5342.
Flannery recently left the coalition’s board of directors, a coalition representative said.
Asked about the process behind the scenes of PSA’s decision, Hoagland said Wednesday: “We didn’t have the opportunity to tell PSA why they should keep their corporate headquarters in Dayton.”
The coalition said its plan is to work with PSA employees choosing to remain in Dayton to help them find job opportunities with local companies.
“Our prayers are with the PSA community, especially the families of the passengers, crew, and military service members who lost their lives in the tragic accident Wednesday night. PSA is part of our Dayton community, and our heart goes out them,” Hoagland said.
PSA Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group, operating 500 daily flights to nearly 100 destinations.
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