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After Leaving SFO On Final Journey, US Airways Flight 1939 Lands In Philly

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- The final US Airways flight landed in Philadelphia, completing the last leg of its round-trip journey.

The Airbus A321 landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 2:54 a.m. (PDT) Saturday after departing from San Francisco at 10:07 p.m. as a red-eye flight.

The plane is Flight 1939, named for the airline's founding year.

The flight departed from Philadelphia at 7:36 a.m. (PDT) Friday, making scheduled stops in Charlotte, North Carolina; Phoenix and San Francisco.

All future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner, following the completion of a merger announced in 2013.

US Airways was formed in Pittsburgh as All American Aviation. It later operated as Allegheny Airlines before becoming US Airways.

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