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US Airways livery

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Following the merger with American Airlines, except for the aircraft with the original America West livery, all of the heritage planes retained the same livery, but with American's logo on the forward fuselage replacing the US Airways titles. Additionally, American created another US Airways heritage
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Shortly after their introduction, all three received revisions to better reflect the original liveries; the Piedmont heritage plane was painted in a more accurate blue, the airplane type was added to the tail to match the Piedmont standard, and the US Airways title was changed to red. The Allegheny
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being acquired, the company changed its colors to red, white, and blue. The livery adopted under this scheme continued to utilize a primarily unpainted plane, instead with a thick red cheatline, topped by a narrower blue one. USAir was converted to a more standard logo, written in a serif font.
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division had a livery derived from this livery, instead with a bright red in place of the blue, and the title MetroJet, in place of US Airways. The tail and underbelly of the livery remained the same as the US Airways mainline livery. Additionally, during this period several planes were painted
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livery post-merger: the final US Airways (2005) livery, incorporating the US Airways livery with American titles. Unlike the previous heritage liveries, which were all on Airbus A319s, this heritage livery appears on an Airbus A321 which was the final plane delivered in US Airways livery.
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Dot-Com Scheme: Two Boeing 737-300s operated by US Airways were stripped of their paint and marked the return of a bare-metal scheme at the airline. The planes exhibited the "USAirways.Com" livery so the fuselage could be easily examined, due to crack issues around various joints of the
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with the Star Alliance livery, which featured the Star Alliance logo on the tail of the airplane, and the title Star Alliance painted prominently on the airplane. With US Airways' departure from Star Alliance, all of these aircraft were repainted into the new American Airlines livery.
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The livery incorporated the basic colors from the previous livery, adding curving gray stripes on the rear fuselage reminiscent of those seen on the previous America West scheme. The logos of the four airlines that formed US Airways were painted in miniature near the main cabin door.
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livery/logo. Multiple variations of this livery existed, and included the basic livery on a white fuselage. Around this same time, several aircraft received experimental paint schemes with different striping and tail designs, though none were ultimately adopted fleet-wide.
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In 1979, USAir introduced its new livery, a primarily unpainted plane, with an orange, red, and brown running strip, and a stylized USAir title, with the "A" written as a triangle. The "A" was very similar to the "A" which had been used in the final
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and USAir names. Its Express and Shuttle divisions had liveries that generally closely paralleled the company-wide livery at the time. The US Airways livery has phased out, with aircraft baring it having been either retired or repainted with the
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In addition, several airplanes were painted with heritage liveries, incorporating the look of the previous airlines, but including the US Airways titles. The aircraft were also re-registered with suffixes representative of the original carriers.
104:, all US Airways aircraft, except for the heritage A319s and A321 noted below, were painted in American's livery. The first jet to re-enter revenue service was an Airbus A319, tail number N700UW, which previously sported a 227:
Two planes were painted with heritage America West liveries - one with the mid-1990s livery and one with the 1980s livery heritage plane reflecting America West's original livery, with a US Airways logo on the front.
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heritage plane was given a more accurate grey underbelly, a more appropriately sized running strip, and the registration was moved above the window line. The PSA heritage plane received a larger, more accurate smile.
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Teamwork Coast to Coast: A Boeing 757-200 operated by America West Airlines which symbolized America West flying coast to coast.
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In 1997, upon the company's re-branding as US Airways a new livery was introduced. Similar to the Jordanian flag carrier,
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various aircraft were painted with officially unauthorized black smiles on the underside of the nose of the aircraft.
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Four US Airways A319s. One each in Allegeny, Piedmont, and PSA heritage liveries, one in US Airways dark blue livery
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formerly operated by US Airways currently retains the livery, as a tribute to the former airline by American.
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aircraft for these special liveries. US Airways had established marketing agreements with four
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USAir 737-300 in experimental livery consisting of gray and red-orange stripes
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US Airways A319 in the more accurate, repainted Allegheny heritage livery
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US Airways A319 in the more accurate, repainted Piedmont heritage livery
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First US Airways Aircraft Takes to the Skies in American Airlines Livery
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America West Airlines Boeing 757-200 in Teamwork Coast to Coast livery
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America West Airlines Boeing 757-200 in Arizona Diamondbacks livery
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The post-merger US Airways continued the America West tradition of
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The tail of the livery was painted blue with three red stripes.
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franchises, all located in the airline's hubs or focus cities:
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US Airways Selects White Livery To Preserve Aircraft from Heat
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America West Airlines Boeing 757 in Nevada Battle Born livery
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Since January 2014, following the merger of US Airways with
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US Airways A319 in mid-1990s America West heritage livery
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post-merger in the final US Airways (now Heritage) livery
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USAir DC-9-31 in Red, Orange, and Brown livery on White
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America West Airlines Boeing 757-200 in Arizona livery
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US Airways A319 in 1980s America West heritage livery
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US Airways A319 in initial Allegheny heritage livery
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US Airways A319 in initial Piedmont heritage livery
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America West Airlines Boeing 757-200 in Ohio livery
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Index

aircraft liveries
US Airways
American Airlines
Airbus A321
Allegheny Airlines
Piedmont Airlines
Royal Jordanian Airlines
MetroJet
America West Airlines
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Las Vegas
McCarran International Airport
American Airlines
Star Alliance
logo jets
Airbus A319
NFL
Carolina Panthers
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Nevada
Nevada
Ohio
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pacific Southwest Airlines
British Aerospace 146 in initial USAir livery
British Aerospace 146

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