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US Airways aircraft, Megawallpapers: US Airways is an airline based in Tempe, Arizona that is owned by US Airways Group, Inc.. Currently the seventh largest airline in the United States, US Airways has a fleet of 258 aircraft and serves 176 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. In September 2005, the airline completed a merger with America West Airlines. US Airways operates hubs in Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Phoenix as well as an inter-American focus city in Fort Lauderdale that opened in February 2005. It has a secondary hub at Pittsburgh and focus airports New York LaGuardia, Washington Reagan, and Boston and Las Vegas. The airline became the 15th member of the Star Alliance on May 4, 2004. Commuter service is offered by US Airways Express, a service operated by contract and subsidiary airline companies, along with US Airways itself, and US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between key Northeastern markets in competition with Delta Air Lines' Delta Shuttle. Beginning January, 2006, all America West flights are branded as US Airways. [br]US Airways traces its history to All American Aviation, a company founded by du Pont family brothers Richard C. du Pont (1911-1943) and Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr. (1905-1996). Hubbed in Pittsburgh, the airline served the Ohio River valley in 1939. In 1949, the company was renamed All American Airways as it switched from airmail to passenger service. The company was again renamed, to Allegheny Airlines, in 1952. [br]Allegheny expanded progressively, introducing the Douglas DC-9 in 1966 and absorbing Lake Central Airlines in 1968 and Mohawk Airlines in 1972 to become one of the largest carriers in the northeastern US. [br]Allegheny's agreement with Henson Airlines, the forerunner to today's US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines, to provide service under the Allegheny Commuter banner, is generally regarded as the industry's first code-share agreement, a type of service now routinely offered throughout the industry. [br]Fleet - US Airways flies a fleet of twinjets, divided between mostly newer Airbus aircraft and generally older Boeing aircraft. As of 8 November 2005, its fleet includes: [br]Type Seats Seats First-Envoy/Coach Orders/Options [br]Airbus A350-800 ? ? 20 [br]Airbus A330-300 266 42/224 Yes [br]Boeing 767-200ER 142 24/169 No [br]Boeing 757-200 193 8/185 No [br]Airbus A321-200 169 26/143 Yes [br]Boeing 737-400 144 12/132 No [br]Airbus A320-200 142 16/126 Yes [br]Boeing 737-300 126 12/114 No [br]Airbus A319 120 12/108 Yes [br]US Airways also operates a fleet of approximately 28 Embraer 170 aircraft as US Airways Express, through its MidAtlantic Airways division, staffed primarily with previously furloughed mainline employees. US Airways is in the process of selling these aircraft to Republic Airways, where they will continue to operate as US Airways Express. [br]US Airways has stated that they intend to have an all-Airbus international widebody fleet by 2010. They have no current orders or options for any Boeing aircraft. With deliveries scheduled between 2011 and 2013, they will be a launch customer for the new Airbus A350, with Airbus also providing a $250 million loan to help fund the exit from bankruptcy and merger. The combined airline will continue to take delivery of Airbus aircraft ordered by both US Airways and America West before their merger announcement. In 2009, the airline will take delivery of 11 A320-family aircraft that were originally ordered by America West. 19 A320-family and 10 A330-200 aircraft originally ordered by US Airways will be delivered in 2009 and 2010. Along with the A350s, the A330-200s will complete US Airways' transition to an all-Airbus international fleet. Most US Airways aircraft are equipped with Verizon Airfone at every row of seats. Since an initial trial run in 2003, US Airways has discontinued complimentary meal service on domestic flights, and now offers bistro sandwiches and salads for purchase on board most flights of over 700 miles (1126 km). [br]Since the year 2000, US Airways has retired several aircraft types in an attempt to simplify its fleet and thus lower its costs. These retirements were made possible thanks to deliveries of new Airbus A320-series narrowbodies. Aircraft types retired as a result of the Airbus deliveries were the Boeing 727-200, DC-9-30, Boeing 737-200, MD-80, and Fokker F100. Other aircraft types previously flown by USAir or US Airways were the Fokker F28-4000, Fokker F28-1000, BAC 1-11, and Boeing 727-100. [br] [br]

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