US Airways Reports Record June Load Factor

US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced June, second quarter and year-to-date 2010 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.6 billion, up 2.9 percent versus June 2009. Mainline capacity was 6.4 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.8 percent versus June 2009. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 86.9 percent for the month of June, up 0.1 points versus June 2009.

US Airways President Scott Kirby said, "Our June consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 22 percent versus the same period last year while total revenue per available seat mile increased approximately 23 percent on a year-over-year basis. We are also running a great airline, delivering on-time and baggage reliability that leads our peers and is the best since our merger. We couldn’t be more proud of our 31,000 employees for doing such a tremendous job of taking care of our customers.”

For the month, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was 83.4 percent with a completion factor of 99.3 percent, up 5.4 points and 0.4 points respectively from June 2009.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month, quarter, and year-to-date ended June 30, 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 is also providing a brief update on notable company accomplishments during the month of June:

• Announced a major expansion of its bilateral codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner Spanair. By way of Spanair's Madrid and Barcelona hubs, US Airways customers now have seamless access to destinations within Spain, the Canary Islands, continental Europe, and Africa.
• Began daily year-round service to Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and resumed daily nonstop service to Baton Rouge, La. from its largest hub in Charlotte, N.C.
• Launched daily year-round service to Halifax, Nova Scotia and daily seasonal service to Anchorage, Alaska from its hub at Philadelphia International Airport.

About US Airways

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,200 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than 31,000 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 in Washington, D.C. 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)

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