PITTSBURGH — A ceremonial flight for US Airways Flight 1939 is slated for Oct. 16 and will land in Philadelphia; Charlotte, N.C.; Phoenix; and San Francisco. It notably ignores the city where the airline began.

US Airways recently merged with Texas-based American Airlines. An American Airlines spokesman said the city is not currently a hub for the airline.

Former Allegheny County Executive Jim Roddey said Thursday the snub represents “maybe the last and final insult.”

William Lauer, a principal in Allegheny Capital and a local aviation analyst, said he can’t understand why the airline isn’t landing one last time in Pittsburgh. “I think it frankly would be more appropriate than anything else,” he said.

Lauer said the ceremonial flight should have included Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and LaGuardia Airport in New York since those cities contributed largely to US Airways’ ascent. American Airlines is shutting down the airline’s flight operations control center in Moon on Sunday. About 650 jobs are going to Texas.