--- description: The last ever US Airways flight will depart San Francisco at 9:55 p.m and land in Philadelphia shortly after 6 o'clock Saturday morning. title: It’s Time To Say Farewell To US Airways image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ef5a78e9e0af9a/698868962dce01252a9e60b7/151144419.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # It’s Time To Say Farewell To US Airways by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 12:38 PM CUT  CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 01: U.S. Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on September 1, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. American Airlines and U.S. Airways have announced that they have begun merger talks. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 01: U.S. Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on September 1, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. American Airlines and U.S. Airways have announced that they have begun merger talks. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 12:38 PM CUT The last ever US Airways flight will depart San Francisco at 9:55 p.m, Pacific Time, and land in Philadelphia shortly after 6 o’clock Saturday morning, [according to a report in _USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/10/16/us-airways-final-flight-american-merger/73922874/ "undefined"). It has been labeled Flight 1939 to commemorate the year in which the small, Pennsylvania-based airmail company, All American Aviation, began operations. That company would eventually grow and merge its way on to the national stage, changing its name to US Airways in 1997. The airline merged with American Airlines in 2012, and after Friday, “American will unify its own reservations systems for the flights of both airlines,” according to the report. It will take until late 2016, however, before all the US Airways planes are repainted in American Airlines colors. The world’s biggest airline will faces a big merger-integration test this weekend when American plans to shift its US Airways unit onto its own reservation system, [_The Wall Street Journal_ reports](http://www.wsj.com/articles/american-airlines-reservations-test-smooth-travel-this-weekend-1444954253 "undefined"): --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/"},"headline":"It’s Time To Say Farewell To US Airways","datePublished":"2015-10-16T12:38:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:51:34.585Z","description":"The last flight is scheduled for Friday night","url":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/","keywords":["San Francisco","Travel","American Airlines","Flights","Philadelphia","merger","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ef5a78e9e0af9a/698868962dce01252a9e60b7/151144419.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Matthews / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ef5a78e9e0af9a/698868962dce01252a9e60b7/151144419.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Airways Begins Merger Talks With American Airlines","caption":"US Airways Begins Merger Talks With American Airlines","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/","name":"It’s Time To Say Farewell To US Airways"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What is the safest place to sit on a plane?","description":"Where you should sit next time you get onboard","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bJ6pkbGM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-24T19:59:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bJ6pkbGM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4076263/us-airways/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```