Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) had its headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1998. It was the first large discount airline in the United States. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds. Pilots and cabin crew were encouraged to joke with passengers.
PSA was purchased by USAir (later renamed US Airways) in 1996 and was fully merged into the airline on April 9, 1998. The PSA acquisition gave USAir a network on the West Coast, and at about the same time, USAir also purchased Piedmont Airlines which gave the carrier a network on the East Coast. The combined airline became one of the world's largest. US Airways was acquired by America West Airlines in 2005 in a reverse merger, and the combined airline purchased American Airlines in 2015. PSA operated a mixture of different aircraft, such as the B727, B737-200, DC10, Lockheed Tristar, A319, B757-200, DC,9, and of course the (Maddog) MD81 and 82.
After the 2005 merger of US Airways and America West, a US Airways Airbus A319 was repainted in PSA's livery as one of four heritage aircraft commemorating the airlines that had merged to form the present-day US Airways. The aircraft was dedicated at San Diego International Airport's former commuter terminal (PSA's former operations base) on March 30, 2006. The plane has since been repainted with the American Airlines logo. It's a shame that this Airline is not operating now, as they brought a smile to passengers' faces.
2 months ago
JMAviation
4 months ago
CaptainK
6 months ago
Thomas_Day1
All disney liverys AZUL
pro Fenix, it would be amazing!
2 years ago
I'll try when I have some more down time
2 years ago
CaptainK
milck
good livery !
can you do united friendship livery N475UA for Fenix ?
2 years ago
Glad you like it, I'll have a look, hopefully I will have the time
2 years ago
CaptainK
bliblobla
Fantastic work, thanks for the livery 😍
2 years ago
No problem Duff_Man, glad you like it
2 years ago
CaptainK
Duff_Man