US Airways

US Airways
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US
USA (1979–2008)
AWE (2008–2015)
USAir (1979–1997)
US AIR (1997–2008)
CACTUS (2008-April 2015)
AMERICAN (April-October 2015)
Founded1937 (as All American Aviation)
Commenced operations1939
1979 (as USAir)
Ceased operationsOctober 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) (became American Airlines)
AOC #AALA025A[1]
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programDividend Miles
Alliance
Subsidiaries
Fleet size
Destinations193
Company sloganThe new American is arriving.
(final slogan – see article)
Parent companyUS Airways Group (now known as American Airlines Group)
HeadquartersTempe, Arizona, United States[4]
Key peopleDoug Parker, CEO[5]
WebsiteArchived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

US Airways, Inc. was an airline[6][7][8] that used to be owned by the US Airways Group, Inc. US Airways was previously known as USAir. It was the sixth largest airline in the United States. Its headquarters were in Tempe, Arizona. US Airways owned 357 large jet aircraft and 329 smaller planes that flew to 240 places in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Europe. In May 2008, US Airways had 36,632 people working for them in the world and flew 3,512 flights each day. The US in US Airways stands for United States.

  1. "Airline Certificate Information – Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. May 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2019. Certificate Number AALA025A
  2. Reed, Ted (March 20, 2013). "US Airways Declares National Airport a Hub at Senate Hearing". TheStreet.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. "US Airways to join oneworld on March 31, 2014". The Wall Street Journal. December 9, 2013.
  4. "US Airways - Phone/email". usairways.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  5. "American Airlines and US Airways Announce Post-Merger Management Team". frequentbusinesstraveler.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  6. "January 2008 Passenger Airline Employment Up 3.4 Percent from January 2007, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 16, 2008". Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  7. Lean Production in the Air: Low-cost Competition Taking Off in the Global Airline Industry and Implications for Employment Relations Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, Nancy Johnson, Labor and Employment Relations Association Series, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting
  8. Woellert, Lorraine (2005-01-05). "The Ups and Downs at US Airways". BusinessWeek.'

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