is no more. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim has that story. >> reporter: with this takeoff philadelphia began its farewell u.s. airways. >> we're having a ball. >> reporter: the company threw a party. many of the passengers who showed up this morning didn't know they were on a historical flight. >> we had no idea this was taking place today. we were just on our way to florida and walked into a celebration. >> reporter: but others booked the trip just for this. >> i just really wanted to be a part of aviation harry. >> so passionate about airplanes and this is a way to help him pursue that passion. >> reporter: ethan lovers planes. he's making the entire final journey taking off from philadelphia this morning to charlotte onto phoenix and san francisco before returning to philadelphia. this last flight, 1939, was named after the year the airline first started flying. >> we will be boarding today's flight operated by u.s. airways. >> reporter: now u.s. airways is merging...