US Airways 8-K Us Airways Reports Record November Load Factor

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:	US Airways
	Dan Cravens
	480-693-5729

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

US AIRWAYS REPORTS RECORD NOVEMBER LOAD FACTOR

TEMPE, Ariz. Dec. 5, 2011 — US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced November and year-to-date 2011 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.7 billion, up 3.4 percent versus November 2010. Mainline capacity was 5.6 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 0.6 percent versus November 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 83.8 percent for the month of November, up 3.2 points versus November 2010.

US Airways’ President Scott Kirby said, “Our November consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 13 percent versus the same period last year.

“I would like to thank our 32,000 team members for doing an outstanding job of taking care of our customers during the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Despite the high volume of passengers and full flights, our team delivered its best Thanksgiving holiday weekend on-time performance since our merger in 2005.”

For the month of November, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 87.5 percent with a completion factor of 99.3 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended November 30, 2011 and 2010, 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

NOVEMBER

	2011		2010		Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		3,644,236		3,540,066		2.9	%
Atlantic		653,014		618,160		5.6	%
Latin		359,900		347,949		3.4	%
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles		4,657,150		4,506,175		3.4	%
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		4,236,284		4,310,254		(1.7	)%
Atlantic		880,103		839,570		4.8	%
Latin		440,445		441,684		(0.3	)%
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles		5,556,832		5,591,508		(0.6	)%
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic		86.0		82.1	3.9		pts
Atlantic		74.2		73.6	0.6		pts
Latin		81.7		78.8	2.9		pts
Total Mainline Load Factor		83.8		80.6		3.2	pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic		3,940,486		3,811,192		3.4	%
Atlantic		157,295		152,567		3.1	%
Latin		263,563		263,502		—	%
Total Mainline Enplanements		4,361,344		4,227,261		3.2	%

YEAR TO DATE

	2011		2010		Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		41,286,438		40,252,237		2.6	%
Atlantic		10,096,606		9,316,829		8.4	%
Latin		4,485,962		4,667,689		(3.9	)%
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles		55,869,006		54,236,755		3.0	%
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		48,594,094		48,290,660		0.6	%
Atlantic		12,534,998		11,504,263		9.0	%
Latin		5,478,263		5,925,607		(7.5	)%
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles		66,607,355		65,720,530		1.3	%
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic		85.0		83.4	1.6		pts
Atlantic		80.5		81.0	(0.5		)pts
Latin		81.9		78.8	3.1		pts
Total Mainline Load Factor		83.9		82.5	1.4		pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic		42,766,665		41,778,192		2.4	%
Atlantic		2,488,975		2,304,315		8.0	%
Latin		3,331,122		3,493,139		(4.6	)%
Total Mainline Enplanements		48,586,762		47,575,646		2.1	%

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)

NOVEMBER

	2011		2010		Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		188,879		193,305		(2.3	)%
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		252,731		264,532		(4.5	)%
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic		74.7		73.1		1.6	pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic		654,096		676,022		(3.2	)%

YEAR TO DATE

	2011		2010		Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		2,116,754		2,031,267		4.2	%
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		2,896,512		2,848,690		1.7	%
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic		73.1		71.3		1.8	pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic		7,261,136		7,324,648		(0.9	)%

Notes:

1) Canada is included in domestic results.

Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc.

NOVEMBER

	2011		2010		Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		3,833,115		3,733,371		2.7	%
Atlantic		653,014		618,160		5.6	%
Latin		359,900		347,949		3.4	%
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles		4,846,029		4,699,480		3.1	%
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		4,489,015		4,574,786		(1.9	)%
Atlantic		880,103		839,570		4.8	%
Latin		440,445		441,684		(0.3	)%
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles		5,809,563		5,856,040		(0.8	)%
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic		85.4		81.6		3.8	pts
Atlantic		74.2		73.6		0.6	pts
Latin		81.7		78.8		2.9	pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor		83.4		80.3		3.1	pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic		4,594,582		4,487,214		2.4	%
Atlantic		157,295		152,567		3.1	%
Latin		263,563		263,502		—	%
Total Consolidated Enplanements		5,015,440		4,903,283		2.3	%

YEAR TO DATE

	2011		2010		Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic		43,403,192		42,283,504		2.6	%
Atlantic		10,096,606		9,316,829		8.4	%
Latin		4,485,962		4,667,689		(3.9	)%
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles		57,985,760		56,268,022		3.1	%
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic		51,490,606		51,139,350		0.7	%
Atlantic		12,534,998		11,504,263		9.0	%
Latin		5,478,263		5,925,607		(7.5	)%
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles		69,503,867		68,569,220		1.4	%
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic		84.3		82.7		1.6	pts
Atlantic		80.5		81.0		(0.5	)pts
Latin		81.9		78.8		3.1	pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor		83.4		82.1		1.3	pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic		50,027,801		49,102,840		1.9	%
Atlantic		2,488,975		2,304,315		8.0	%
Latin		3,331,122		3,493,139		(4.6	)%
Total Consolidated Enplanements		55,847,898		54,900,294		1.7	%

Notes:

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

US Airways

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves 200 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 21,000 daily flights to 1,185 airports in 185 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 in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. US Airways was the only airline included as one of the 50 best companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine’s 50 Report for 2010 and 2011. The airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index for the sixth year in a row. The Corporate Equality index is a leading indicator of companies’ attitudes and policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. US Airways also ranked #1 among its competing hub-and-spoke network carriers for 2010 performance as rated by the Wichita State University/Purdue University Airline Quality Rating (AQR). For more company information visit usairways.com, follow on Twitter @USAirways or at Facebook.com/USAirways. (LCCT)

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