US Airways 8-K Us Airways Reports January Traffic Results

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

US AIRWAYS REPORTS JANUARY TRAFFIC RESULTS

TEMPE, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2010 — US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced January traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.3 billion, down 1.4 percent versus January 2009. Capacity was 5.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 0.4 percent versus January 2009. Passenger load factor for the month of January was 75.1 percent, down 0.7 points versus January 2009.

US Airways President Scott Kirby said, “Our January consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately two percent versus the same period last year while total revenue per available seat mile increased approximately three percent on a year-over-year basis. Looking forward, the encouraging revenue momentum we saw in late 2009 has carried into 2010 in both corporate revenue and booked yields.”

For the month of January, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was 79.4 percent with a completion factor of 97.0 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month ended January 31, 2010 and 2009, consisting of mainline operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.

US Airways Mainline

JANUARY

	2010		2009		% Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		3,332,886		3,477,868		(4.2	)
Atlantic		486,794		455,973		6.8
Latin		473,110		418,204		13.1
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles		4,292,790		4,352,045		(1.4	)
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		4,325,414		4,463,327		(3.1	)
Atlantic		745,637		712,145		4.7
Latin		648,433		568,427		14.1
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles		5,719,484		5,743,899		(0.4	)
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic		77.1		77.9	(0.8		)    pts
Atlantic		65.3		64.0	1.3		pts
Latin		73.0		73.6	(0.6		)    pts
Total Mainline Load Factor		75.1		75.8	(0.7		)    pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic		3,432,404		3,599,707		(4.6	)
Atlantic		118,114		118,001		0.1
Latin		333,215		330,582		0.8
Total Mainline Enplanements		3,883,733		4,048,290		(4.1	)

Notes:
1)	Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results.
2)	Latin numbers include the Caribbean.

US Airways Express (Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines)

JANUARY

	2010		2009		% Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		145,036		146,430		(1.0	)
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		244,130		256,039		(4.7	)
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic		59.4		57.2	2.2		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic		535,373		547,497		(2.2	)

Notes:

1) Canada is included in domestic results.

Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc.

JANUARY

	2010		2009		% Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		3,477,922		3,624,298		(4.0	)
Atlantic		486,794		455,973		6.8
Latin		473,110		418,204		13.1
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles		4,437,826		4,498,475		(1.3	)
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		4,569,544		4,719,366		(3.2	)
Atlantic		745,637		712,145		4.7
Latin		648,433		568,427		14.1
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles		5,963,614		5,999,938		(0.6	)
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic		76.1		76.8	(0.7		)    pts
Atlantic		65.3		64.0	1.3		pts
Latin		73.0		73.6	(0.6		)    pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor		74.4		75.0	(0.6		)    pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic		3,967,777		4,147,204		(4.3	)
Atlantic		118,114		118,001		0.1
Latin		333,215		330,582		0.8
Total Consolidated Enplanements		4,419,106		4,595,787		(3.8	)

Notes:

1)	Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results.
2)	Latin numbers include the Caribbean.

US Airways is also providing a brief update on notable company accomplishments during the month of January:

• Announced that the Company would match employee donations up to $25,000 to the American Red Cross International Response fund to help those impacted by the Haiti earthquake.

• Began on January 12 a new bilateral codeshare agreement with El Salvador-based TACA Airlines, opening up new Central American offerings for US Airways customers at Managua, Nicaragua; San Salvador, El Salvador and Guatemala City, Guatemala with Lima, Peru coming online later this year.

About US Airways

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves more than 190 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers more than 19,700 daily flights to 1,077 airports in 175 countries. Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and a focus city at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. And for the eleventh consecutive year, the airline received a Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Charlotte hub line maintenance facility. For more company information, visit usairways.com. (LCCT)

Forward Looking Statements

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attract and retain qualified personnel; the impact of global instability including the potential impact of current and future hostilities, terrorist attacks, infectious disease outbreaks or other global events; government legislation and regulation, including environmental regulation; the Company’s inability to maintain labor costs at competitive levels; the Company’s ability to obtain and maintain adequate facilities and infrastructure to operate and grow the Company’s route network; costs of ongoing data security compliance requirements and the impact of any data security breach; interruptions or disruptions in service at one or more of the Company’s hub airports; the impact of any accident involving the Company’s aircraft; delays in scheduled aircraft deliveries or other loss of anticipated fleet capacity; weather conditions and seasonality of airline travel; the cyclical nature of the airline industry; the impact of insurance costs and disruptions to insurance markets; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; the ability to use NOLs and certain other tax attributes; the ability to maintain contracts critical to the Company’s operations; the ability of the Company to attract and retain customers; the ability of external parties, including independent express carriers, to meet their obligations to the Company; and other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in the Company’s reports to the SEC. There may be other factors not identified above of which the Company is not currently aware that may affect matters discussed in the forward-looking statements, and may also cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such estimates other than as required by law. Additional factors that may affect the future results of the Company are set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.usairways.com.

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