Current Livery
After the 2005 merger of US Airways and America West Airlines, a light grey livery was chosen to better meet operational needs due to the summer heat at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport hubs inherited from America West. As of March 2007, 155 planes have been painted in the new US Airways livery. The first plane was painted in the new US Airways livery in 2004.
The new livery incorporates colors from the four airlines that became US Airways:
- Allegheny (red and blue)
- America West (white, orange, turquoise, and waving gray lines)
- Pacific Southwest Airlines (red and orange with a black smile)
- Piedmont Airlines (also red and blue)
The logos of these four airlines are painted in miniature near the main cabin door.
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