9/27/2005: US Airways, America West Merge
Today in Aviation, the merger of US Airways (US) and America West Airlines (HP) was completed in 2005.
History
History
9/24/2001: US Airways Announces Closure of MetroJet
- by Lee Cross
- September 24, 2022
- 1 minute read
Today in Aviation, US Airways (US) announced the closure of its low-cost subsidiary MetroJet in 2001.
Today in Aviation
Today in Aviation: America West Takes to the Skies
- by Lee Cross
- August 2, 2021
- 2 minutes read
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, America West Airlines (HP) took to the skies for the first time in 1983. The carrier’s inaugural flights operated from Phoenix (PHX) to Kansas City (MCI), Colorado Springs (COS), Wichita (ICT), and Los Angeles (LAX). Known as a “darling of deregulation” the airline had been established two years earlier by […]
Airlines
US1939: US Airways Flies Into History
- by Chris Sloan
- October 17, 2015
- 16 minutes read
MIAMI— Early in the morning of Saturday, October 17th at 05:51 EDT, the curtain finally came down for US Airways (US) as flight 1939, the airline’s last branded flight ever, landed at Philadelphia International Airport. From now and on, all future flights will be under the American Airlines banner. The last flight not only marks the disappearance […]
Industry
Interview
AirwaysNews High Flyer Interview: Henry Harteveldt on the Significance of AA/US Integration Day & Cutover
- by Chris Sloan
- October 16, 2015
- 5 minutes read
MIAMI— Henry Harteveldt is one of the travel industry’s most well-known and respected analysts and advisors. After nearly 12 years as Forrester Research’s travel industry analyst, Henry began Atmosphere Research to provide independent, objective, and trustworthy research on travel industry marketing, product, distribution, digital commerce, and future trends. Before becoming an analyst, Henry spent more […]
Airlines
Industry
Interview
High Flyer Interview: American Airlines CEO Doug Parker
- by Chris Sloan
- December 8, 2014
- 13 minutes read
MIAMI — American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker has both witnessed, and led, tremendous change in the aviation industry. He became CEO at America West Airlines just ten days before September 11, 2001 and, by all accounts, led the carrier through the crisis with clarity and assuredness. In 2005 he oversaw the successful merger of US Airways and America […]