SFO Plays Host to Last Ever U.S. Airways Flight

The last ever U.S. Airways flight departed from San Francisco International Airport on Friday night, according to an airport spokesman.

Flight 1939 left SFO at 9:55 p.m. for a return trip to Philadelphia, where it departed earlier Friday on the first leg of a journey that took the plane to Charlotte and Phoenix, SFO spokesman Doug Yakel said.

The flight is named for the year U.S. Airways’ predecessor-company All American Aviation began operating, which was 1939, Yakel said.

The Airbus A321 left with 187 people on board and had a champagne toast at cruising altitude “to celebrate and honor the legacy of U.S. Airways,” American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said.

Yakel and Feinstein said a lot of people wanted to be on board for the sold out historic flight.

The plane left from Terminal 1, Gate 45, where passengers celebrated before the flight with food and prizes, Yakel and Feinstein said.

The non-stop, red-eye flight arrived in Philadelphia at 6:18 a.m. Saturday Eastern Standard Time.

U.S. Airways and American Airlines merged two years ago, Feinstein said.

--Bay City News Service, photo via Shutterstock