US Airways fleet

This article is about the mainline US Airways fleet, including the historical fleets of US Airways. For information about the fleet of US Airways' wholly owned regional subsidiaries, see Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines.

US Airways operated a predominantly Airbus fleet, with some older Boeing aircraft and a small fleet of Embraer jets. Following its merger with American Airlines, it became part of the American Airlines fleet in 2013.

Final fleet

Airbus A319-100
Airbus A321-200
Airbus A330-300
Boeing 757-200
Embraer 190

As of December 9, 2013, at the time of the merger, US Airways' fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[1]

US Airways Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
J F Y Total
Airbus A319-100 93 — — 12 112 124 All were transferred to American Airlines.
Airbus A320-200 60 — — 12 138 150
Airbus A321-200 90 31 — 16 171 187 All fleet and remaining deliveries transferred to American Airlines.
Airbus A330-200 11 4 20 — 238 258 All fleet and remaining deliveries transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020.
Airbus A330-300 9 — 28 — 263 291 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020.
Airbus A350-900 — 22[2]
N/A
 Orders were transferred to American Airlines, but were later canceled when American ordered 47 additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
Boeing 737-400 14 — — 12 132 144 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2014.
Never flew under American brand name.
Boeing 757-200 9 — — 14 176 190 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020.
15 12 — 164 176
Boeing 767-200ER 10 — 18 — 186 204 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2015.
Never flew under American brand name.
Embraer 190 20 — — 11 88 99 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020.
Total 331 57

Fleet history

US Airways previously operated the following aircraft:

US Airways retired fleet
Aircraft Retired Replacement Notes
BAC One-Eleven 1989 Boeing 737 and US Airways Express fleet Former Allegheny Airlines fleet.
BAe 146-100 1988 Boeing 737 Former Pacific Southwest Airlines fleet.[3]
BAe 146-200 1991
Boeing 727-100 2000 Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 Former Allegheny Airlines and Piedmont Airlines fleet.
Boeing 727-200 2000 Airbus A320 family Former Allegheny Airlines and Piedmont Airlines fleet.
Boeing 737-200 2001
Boeing 737-300 2012 Former America West Airlines and Piedmont Airlines fleet.
Douglas DC-3 1996 None Piedmont Airlines retained one flyable DC-3 which USAir sold in 1996 to the Carolinas Aviation Museum.
Fokker F28 Fellowship 1997 US Airways Express fleet Former Empire Airlines and Piedmont Airlines fleet.
Fokker 100 2002 Airbus A320 family
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 2001 Former Allegheny Airlines and Pacific Southwest Airlines fleet.
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 2002 Former Pacific Southwest Airlines fleet.[3]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82

See also

References

  1. ^ "US Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. August 9, 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "American converts remaining A350-800s to larger -900s". Flightglobal. December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Trinkle, Kevin. "PSA History". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-13.