What happen to US Airways?

US Airways, how could we never forget America's best airliner besides Trans World Airlines (TWA). As I been seeing my US Airways photos on different aviation Facebook pages with their upset faces, I'm going to explain US Airways. Where shall we start?

US Airways founded as All American Aviation in 1937 & started operation in 1939 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until in 1952, All American Aviation renamed the company to Allegheny Airlines in 1952 callsign Allegheny then it renamed again to USair in 1979 and finally US Airways in 1996 callsign US AIR until 2008 US Airways changed the callsign to Catus. US Airways went through two Alliances over the years it joined Star Alliance in 2004-2014 then Oneworld Alliance in 2014-2015.  

US Airways N280AY Airbus A330-200 new to US Airways in 2009 seen in London Gatwick, UK taken 23rd January 2013.

US Airways had modern fleets all from Airbus & some old fleets from Boeing. 

Fleets were:

• Airbus A319 (93)
• Airbus A320 (56 also the largest operator worldwide of the Airbus A320 Family)
• Airbus A321 (114 with 7 orders being transferred to American Airlines)
• Airbus A330-200 (15)
• Airbus A330-300 (9)
• Airbus A350-900 (Was planed but now 22 on order transferred to American Airlines in 2017)
• Boeing 757-200 (15)
• Embraer 190 (20) 

During the later years for US Airways it seems it had financial difficulties (bankruptcy) when in 2012 was interested to take the airline to American Airlines it was reported in March 2012 that US Airways was open the bid to merge the airline. In December 2012, US Airway announced it will finally be merged to American Airlines similar role what TWA did when it was merged to American Airlines. If you remember as a US spotter from ATC you might notice some US Airways fleets callsign used to American Airline even for the customers some were still in US Airways optional till we come to 2015.

US Airways N202UW Boeing 757-200 new to American Airlines 1995 ex N633AW seen in Dublin, Ireland taken 7th February 2014.

On 13th July 2015, American Airlines announced that all US Airways flights will be discontinued & when the merged happened by 17th October 2015 and finally the final flight for US Airways was Flight 774 from London Heathrow, UK - Philadelphia, USA. US Airways had a very flight safety record then any other American Airliners with only 6 accidents & incidents NEVER forget the Flight 1549 incident when it ditched into the Hudson River. As we now come to 1 year when US Airways ceased operation, US Airways will be a loving memory American airliner in the American History.