Final US Airways flight completes journey, lands in Philly
reporting from PHILADELPHIA — The final US Airways flight has landed in Philadelphia, completing the last leg of its round-trip journey.
The Airbus A321 landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 5:54 a.m. Saturday after departing from San Francisco at 1:07 a.m. as a red-eye flight.
The plane is Flight 1939, named for the airline’s founding year.
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The flight departed from Philadelphia at 10:36 a.m. Friday, making scheduled stops in Charlotte, N.C., Phoenix and San Francisco.
All future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner, following the completion of a merger announced in 2013.
US Airways was formed in Pittsburgh as All American Aviation. It later operated as Allegheny Airlines before becoming US Airways.
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