PSA Airlines (Avionics Maintenance Division)

PSA Airlines is a regional airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines. It flies as American Eagle with an all jet fleet of Bombardier (now MHI RJ) CRJ700 and CRJ900 aircraft. The airline moved its headquarters from Dayton, Ohio to Charlotte, North Carolina in January 2026. Its maintenance and technical operations include a large base at Dayton International Airport.

Fleet

• 151 aircraft in total: 60 CRJ700 and 91 CRJ900
• CRJ900: 76 seats in three cabins (12 First, 24 Main Cabin Extra, 40 Main Cabin), in service with PSA since 2014
• CRJ700: 65 seats in three cabins (9 First, 12 Main Cabin Extra, 44 Main Cabin), in service since 2002

Operations

• More than 600 daily flights to nearly 100 destinations for American Airlines
• Crew bases in Charlotte (CLT), Dayton (DAY), Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Philadelphia (PHL) and Washington, D.C. (DCA)
• 10 maintenance facilities, including Akron-Canton (CAK), Charlotte (CLT), Cincinnati (CVG), Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) and Dayton (DAY)
• Around 4,800 to 5,500 team members, according to different pages on its site

Maintenance and technical careers

PSA hires aircraft maintenance technicians, avionics technicians and aviation parts staff for its bases. The site says it raised pay for several Dayton based maintenance roles in October 2025. In April 2026 it named Brad R. Decker as Vice President, Technical Services, covering powerplant, systems, structures, reliability and maintenance programmes.

History

PSA Airlines was founded in 1970 and began as a charter airline. It became part of the American Airlines Group and today is one of American's wholly owned regional carriers. Its leadership includes President and CEO Dion Flannery.

Contact

Dayton maintenance base: 3400 Terminal Drive, Vandalia, OH 45377, United States
Details from psaairlines.com, October 2026.