Allegheny (a.k.a. Agony) become U.S. Air before it "acquired" Piedmont. (Interesting tidbit: the other competitor for Piedmont was CSX, formerly known as the Chessie System for you RR buffs). The reason for the name change was the subject of much caustic and snide comments -- shortly after the change, on a flight where everything was going wrong, an F/A said in frustration, "it's still Allegheny." When U.S. Air took over Piedmont, it changed its red U.S. Air logo to a logo where "U.S." was blue and "Air" still red (or maybe it was the other way around). That was part of their way of "integrating" Piedmont. It did look nicer. Request: When naming airlines, please give the name, especially when the two letter code does not suggest the name. Most folks know AA is American -- but not everyone -- but I certainly don't know what B6 is. john -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@xxxxxx