Last "Cactus" flight arrives KPHL

[cptbrw]

The last flight to officially carry the "Cactus" callsign landed at KPHL at 11:15am today.  There was surprisingly little note of the fact except for the ramp controller who thought it should be American 774.  The flight, a Boeing 757-200 was a direct flight from London-Heathrow to Philadelphia.  All US Airways flights will now use the "American" callsign under a new single operating certificate which was formally issued today.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE774/history/20150408/0720Z/EGLL/KPHL
http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2015/04/07/the-cactus-call-sign-flies-into-the-history-books-wednesday

[ATC4lyfe]

The Cactus stumbles have been all day long, but a Philly departure a couple minutes ago takes the cake: "Cactus, err... America West... err American. And I was practicing all night, too."

[cptbrw]

The Cactus stumbles have been all day long, but a Philly departure a couple minutes ago takes the cake: "Cactus, err... America West... err American. And I was practicing all night, too."

Yeah, it'll take some getting used to especially at airports like Philly where US Airways is the major airline and there are still a lot of aircraft in US Airways livery.

[bugalou]

I am really curious what AA plans to do with KPHL as is was US airways main international hub.

[lineupandwait]

I caught a "cactus....errr American" flight transmission at BWI this morning.

26 minutes and 35 seconds into the clip...