Allegheny Airlines Inc history

In the Mid 1940's, All American Aviation changed its name to All American Airways, purchased larger aircraft such as the DC-3 and began carrying passengers.

In 1949, the company was renamed All American Airways as it switched from airmail to passenger service.

By the early 1950's, All American Aviation had over twelve DC-3 aircrafts.

On 1 January 1953 it was again renamed, to Allegheny Airlines.

In 1959 Allegheny debuted its first turbine airliner—a Convair 540, a Convair 340 with the piston engines replaced by Napier Elands.

In early 1960 Allegheny added the Convair 540 turboprop to its fleet.

Like other local service airlines, Allegheny was subsidized; in 1962 its revenue of $23.5 million included $6.5 million in "public service revenue".

By 1963, the carrier had a feet of 38 aircrafts which included 23 Convair 440's and 15 Martin Executives.

The airline switched to General Motors/Allison turboprops in the Convair 580 which the carrier named the "Vistacruiser", the first CV580 flight was in June 1965.

Allegheny began buying jets in 1966.

1968: Lake Central Airlines is acquired.

1972: Mohawk Airlines is acquired.

With the passing of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 airline carriers were provided with new freedoms to expand their route systems and the flexibility to develop innovative pricing structures.

By the late 1980's, the airline industry began to experience the consolidation of air carriers to become larger airlines due to high competition for air routes and passengers.

By 1983, US Air had revenues of over $80,000,000.

In late November, 1984, USAir received its first Boeing 737, being the launch customer for the 737-300.

In order to remain competitive with other airline companies that were merging to form even larger companies, the USAir Group announced in December 1986 that it would be acquiring Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) for $400 million.

In 1987 the company bought Pacific Southwest Airlines, which had routes along the southern half of the West Coast.

After Allegheny Airlines rebranded itself as USAir, the company retained its earlier name for its Allegheny Commuter service until 1989 when it became US Airways Express.

By the 1990's, US Air had expanded its routes to Frankfurt and London through the merger of Piedmont.

On March 22, 1992, USAir suffered a tragedy when Flight 405, bound from LaGuardia to Cleveland, crashed into Flushing Bay within minutes after takeoff.

1993: British Airways acquires 25 percent of USAir.

Under Schofield's plan to cut expenses by $1 billion a year and helped by a resurgent United States economy, USAir returned to profitability in 1995, posting net income of $119 million.

In 1996, after the alliance with British Airways ended in a court battle, USAir rebranded itself to US Airways.

US Airways, formerly All American Aviation, Inc. (1937–48), All American Airways, Inc. (1948–53), Allegheny Airlines, Inc. (1953–79), and USAir, Inc. (1979–97), former American airline that was incorporated on March 5, 1937, as All American Aviation, Inc. It underwent numerous name changes before becoming US Airways in 1997.

In May 1998 Gangwal became president and CEO of US Airways Group, with Wolf remaining chairman.

By the summer of 1999, MetroJet was connecting 23 cities with 40 aircraft.

United Airlines, then the world's largest carrier, announced plans to buy US Airways for $4.3 billion in May 2000.

US Airways lost $2.1 billion in 2001; business traffic, on which the airline depended, had begun a serious downturn early in the year.

Formerly head of Avis Rent A Car, David N. Siegel became the company's CEO in March 2002.

On the 4th of May, 2004, US Airways became the 15th member of the Star Alliance.

Since the merger, the airline continued its growth, but customer satisfaction remained really low, with US Airways being the leader in service complaints with 4.4 complaints per 100,000 customers (2007).

In the next year, the carrier would receive $320 million in federal aid to keep it afloat, as well as a $900 million loan guarantee, conditional upon the airline cutting costs $1.2 billion a year through 2008.

US Airways flight 1549, also called Miracle on the Hudson, flight of a passenger airliner that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

In the summer of 2010, US Airways announced a major expansion of its bilateral codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner, Spanair, and a new bilateral codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner, Turkish Airlines.

In November 2011, US Airways announced a new addition to the airline's portfolio of partners operating as US Airways Express, SkyWest Airlines.

In 2012, US Airways started offering the option to breeze through the airport (priority check-in and security lanes) and onto the aircraft (priority boarding) with PreferredAccess.

In February 2013, US Airways and American Airlines announced they will combine to create the new American Airlines, a premier global carrier. It is expected that the American merger with US Airways to be completed in the third quarter of 2013.

US Airways completed its last flight in October 2015, as the merger was finalized.