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the next five years at least, we can expect it to keep us very busy." Despite operating under the United Airlines agreement, Pareti has been aggressive in his aim to remain indepen dently owned and operated. He says that he has not wanted to fall under the "subsidiary" label and firmly believes that the airline's success is a result of the close working relationship of his staff and its pride in its independence despite its turbulent history. The airline's agreement with the mega- carrier allows United the first option to buy Presidential, although Pareti says that he would not expect United to be interested at the moment. "Our relationship is working extremely well, and I see no reason why United would want to buy us out when it is getting all the benefits under our present agreement," he said. Over the next three years Presidential plans to increase its daily departures from Dulles from 66 to 164, and, with United, it will fly over 300 non-stop flights to more than 100 cities. Although encouraged by the initial success of its United Express operations, Presidential is being cautious in its planning for future growth. Pareti says that the Henson's Dash 8-100s are likely to become the first series of de Havilland Dash 8s for the airline airline's business plan calls for expansion consistent with its revenue and profitability objectives. "We are learning from past experiences," Pareti declares. "We dug ourselves into a deep hole but are now methodically getting out of it. I believe we have a good future as an independent airline and will continue to develop through our United Express oper ations." The Henson alternative One of the shorter routes recently introduced into the Presidential operation network is Salisbury to Dulles. Based at Salisbury/ Wicomico County is another commuter/ regional airline, Henson Airlines, which is arguably the antithesis of Presidential Airways. While Presidential firmly tries to maintain its individuality, Henson has become the subsidiary of mega-carrier USAir. Until 1983 the airline remained proudly independent under the leadership of Richard Henson, but a "wise business decision" led to a takeover by Piedmont. More recently the whole company was acquired by USAir. According to Henson's route development and scheduling vice-president, John Prestburg, Mr Henson knew what he was Presidential Airways Worcester Binghampton^^g^ns Wilkes-Barre/Scranton • T^lslip/Long Island ^ Allentown*^ Bethlehem/Easton Morgantown ^s Clarksburg/Fairmont ^WASHINGTON D.C. - Dulles Shenandoah Valley/Elkihs/^ (^International airport ^Hot Spring ?L)J r Lynchburg. ^, Newport News/ "ji ^* ^^Hampton/Williamsburg Huntsville t Birmingham • Daytona Beach Melbourne West Palm Beach Henson Airlines White plains Wilkes-Barre/Scranton • ("^ Allentown Harrisburg • WASHINGTON NATIONAL f^X Islip York/JFK Trenton BALTIMORE Charlottesville "LA^ Salisbury , Richmond Charleston* J ••^'Newport News Lewisburg/Greenbrier 5 • L,vncnbUra*Norfolk Roanoke ^J-- ^5 Tri-cities<jr^ 7h CHARLOTTE- NewBem Hilton Head JACKSONVILLE FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 7 January 1989 Brunswick Tallahassee Pensacola>-^^Gainesville • «- _> \ Treasure Bay ..Orlando* i,Meibourne / .. Tampa/St Pete. _ Freeport^4 Sffi, 1/ NaplesS^N Governors Harbour Rock sound [-1 33 West Palm Beach \ K,7^i Ft. Lauderdale 1 North Eleuthera^l Nassau ^/
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