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.jpg) N152UW seen in April 2015 | |
| Operator | US Airways |
|---|---|
| Call sign | ALL-AMERICAN 1939 CACTUS 1939 USAIR 1939 AMERICAN 1939 |
| Distance travelled | 5,394 mi |
| Aircraft properties | |
| Aircraft | Airbus A321 |
| Aircraft type | Narrow-body jet airliner |
| Registration | N152UW |
| Occupants | 194 |
| Passengers | 187 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Flight timeline | |
| Takeoff date | October 17, 2015 |
| Takeoff site | PHL |
| Last stopover | SFL |
| Landing date | October 18, 2015 |
| Landing site | PHL |
Flight 1939 of US Airways, US1939, or US Airways 1939 was the last flight of US Airways. The flight was carried out on an Airbus A321, which had had 4 stops having taken off from Philadelphia International Airport, it flew to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, which was one of its first stops before continuing to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and then heading to San Francisco International Airport, then following those stops, US Airways 1939 would make a return to Philadelphia International Airport on a round trip, marking the last flight of US Airways.
Despite the call-sign of US Airways being CACTUS, US Airways 1939 had the callsign of ALL-AMERICAN 1939 in honor of All American Aviation, which had become US Airways. Multiple callsigns were used with this flight besides ALL-AMERICAN, which all callsigns that werenused related to US Airways history. The callsigns used were ALL-AMERICAN, CACTUS, and USAIR, which have all been used during the history of US Airways.
During this flight, between SFO and PHL, the URL usairways.com was merged into the website of American Airlines overnight before the plane had landed. This and the landing of US1939 marked the end to the US Airways brand, and an end to the US Airways-American Merger.
Background
[edit]On July 13, 2015, American announced that it planned to discontinue the US Airways brand name on October 17, 2015. On that date, US Airways made its final flight: Flight 1939, originally named Flight 434, changed for the year the airline was founded). Using an Airbus A321 registered N152UW,[1][2] N152UW would take off as US Airways Flight 1939 and land as American Airlines Flight 1939. The final flight did not stop in Pittsburgh, which some local officials regarded as the "final insult" by USAir to Pittsburgh.
References
[edit]- ^ "US Airways name flies into the sunset on Oct. 17". Dallas News. 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Bookbinder, Adam (October 16, 2015). "US Airways Comes To An End". KRTH News. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.