Airline Name
US Airways
IATA: US / ICAO: AWE / Callsign: CACTUS
Or if America West is added too,
IATA: US / ICAO: USA / Callsign: US AIR
So as to distinguish between the 2 on ATC for those players who like hearing it.
Country of Origin
Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
I’ve included both the pre America West takeover livery, in black, and the post 2005 takeover in the recognisable colours.A319 (A319-100) (105 operated),
At PHL in November 2011,
A320 (A320-200) (84 operated),
A321 (A321-200) (95 operated),
This photo was of one of the last blacktops from November 2011 at PHX,
Below has the emergency slide panel off a new painted A321,
Below photo at Washington Ronal Reagen,
At SXM in October 2011,
A332 (A330-200) (15 operated) (None of these wore the blacktop livery as they were delivered in 2009),
Landing at SXM in 2014,
I love this half painted tail (First one delivered to the airline in 2009, retired by AAL in 2020, 11 year life),
A333 (A330-300) (9 operated),
October 2011 at MAN (The First Choice and Thomsonfly liveries
),
More MAN photos (May 2012),
Pre-America West livery (I believe these were repainted early but it would be nice to have alongside the A320 family that had some last till late 2011),
B733 (737-300) (not yet in game)(112 operated),
B734 (737-400)(54 operated),
B752 (757-200)(51 operated),
Landing at SXM in 2014,
And in 2013 (Flight 1563 from Charlotte),
(With and without winglets)
Star Alliance livery (With and without winglets),
Pre-America West livery,
B762 (767-200) (12 operated),
E190 (Embraer 190) (25 operated),
F100 (Fokker 100) (40 operated)
There were plans to order A350s, with US Airways to be the US launch customer but due to the takeover of American Airlines, they were postponed and ultimately cancelled in favour of increasing American Airlines 787 order. They would’ve operated the A350-800 and -900, though this was later changed to just -900s.
What might’ve been,
Edit: Addition of US Airways Express (As all other airlines have them in the parent airline),
CRJ2 (CRJ 200)(133 operated),CRJ7 (CRJ 700)(14 operated),
CRJ9 (CRJ 900)(51 operated),
DH8A (Dash 8-100)(100 operated),
DH8B (Dash 8-200)(24 operated),
DH8C (Dash 8-300)(13 operated),
E145 (Embraer 145) (not yet in game but coming) (28 operated),
E170 (Embraer 170) (26 operated),
E175 (Embraer 175) (38 operated),
400th EJet special colours,
SF34 (Saab 340) (53 operated),
Why should this airline be added?
A memorable airline for the American audience and for countries in Europe and Central & Southern America, which was the airline that purchased a bankrupt American Airlines, but decided to take on its identity retiring the US Airways brand in 2015 with the livery vanishing at the end of 2016 apart from the couple of heritage liveries kept around. It would add another airline and further diversify airports worldwide with its livery available on routes from many major US airports. Although it didn’t have a hub at any in-game airports, it was prominent at all 3 US airports, SXM, LHR AND GRU. It also had a hub at Washington Ronald Reagan, the other airport for Washington so liberties could be taken.Having just done a post for America West Airlines, if that airline was to be added, the pre 2005 ICAO for US Airways was USA and Callsign was US AIR which might distinguish if both are in-game.
Funny to think that this airline was bankrupt and bought by America West, who used its corporate identity, and then American was bankrupt, and was bought by US Airways, who then used its corporate identity. America West just got much bigger
