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Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Allegheny merged with several other small local airlines, such as Lake Central and Mohawk. To reflect its growing service area, the airline again changed its name to US Air. More on US Airways next week! #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.

The company changed its name to Allegheny Airlines in 1953. By the mid- 1950s, Allegheny operated Convair 440's, 540's and Martin 2-0-2s. The company’s first jet aircraft introduced into service was the DC-9. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.

US Airways traced its roots to All American Aviation, which was founded in 1937. The experimental air mail pick up service used a hook that would snag pouches of outbound airmail and drop outbound airmail from the plane. #DefunctThursday #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.