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US Airways Group, Inc. Reports Record August Load Factor

TEMPE, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2008 - US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today reported August and year-to-date 2008 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.7 billion, down 0.5 percent from August 2007. Capacity was 6.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 1.3 percent versus August 2007. Passenger load factor for the month of August was a record 85.8 percent, up 0.7 points versus August 2007.

US Airways President Scott Kirby said, “August consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased between two and four percent versus the same period last year. Looking forward, we remain encouraged as our a la carte revenue initiatives are gaining momentum and industry capacity cuts are beginning to take effect, which we believe will have a positive influence on yields in the coming months.

“In addition, with the busy summer travel season now behind us, we would like to thank our 35,000 employees for doing a fantastic job of taking care of our customers and providing industry leading on-time performance. As a result of their hard work, US Airways ranked first in on-time arrivals among the ten largest US airlines for the first half of 2008 as measured by the DOT’s Air Travel Consumer Report.”

For the month of August US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as measured by the DOT was 80.8 percent, with a completion factor of 98.2 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended August 31, 2008 and 2007, 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
August
			2008		2007		% Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
	Domestic		4,342,461		4,440,195		(2.2	)
	Atlantic		1,016,288		980,074		3.7
	Latin		362,789		329,985		9.9
	Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles		5,721,538		5,750,254		(0.5	)
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
	Domestic		5,026,191		5,148,643		(2.4	)
	Atlantic		1,213,197		1,208,089		0.4
	Latin		432,904		404,080		7.1
	Total Mainline Available Seat Miles		6,672,292		6,760,812		(1.3	)
Mainline Load Factor (%)
	Domestic		86.4		86.2		0.2		pts
	Atlantic		83.8		81.1		2.7		pts
	Latin		83.8		81.7		2.1		pts
	Total Mainline Load Factor		85.8		85.1		0.7		pts
Mainline Enplanements
	Domestic		4,348,834		4,745,994		(8.4	)
	Atlantic		253,921		252,810		0.4
	Latin		297,954		277,677		7.3
	Total Mainline Enplanements		4,900,709		5,276,481		(7.1	)
YEAR TO DATE
			2008		2007		% Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
	Domestic		33,195,534		34,147,785		(2.8	)
	Atlantic		5,952,152		5,381,136		10.6
	Latin		3,162,810		2,890,616		9.4
	Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles		42,310,496		42,419,537		(0.3	)
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
	Domestic		39,977,020		41,180,825		(2.9	)
	Atlantic		7,559,769		6,877,422		9.9
	Latin		3,794,114		3,688,319		2.9
	Total Mainline Available Seat Miles		51,330,903		51,746,566		(0.8	)
Mainline Load Factor (%)
	Domestic		83.0		82.9		0.1		pts
	Atlantic		78.7		78.2		0.5		pts
	Latin		83.4		78.4		5.0		pts
	Total Mainline Load Factor		82.4		82.0		0.4		pts
Mainline Enplanements
	Domestic		33,816,450		36,277,136		(6.8	)
	Atlantic		1,518,671		1,379,321		10.1
	Latin		2,568,425		2,347,292		9.4
	Total Mainline Enplanements		37,903,546		40,003,749		(5.3	)

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)
August
			2008		2007		% Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			201,950		188,971		6.9
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			290,111		265,688		9.2
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic			69.6		71.1		(1.5	)		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic			729,210		703,760		3.6
YEAR TO DATE
			2008		2007		% Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			1,493,718		1,591,684		(6.2	)
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			2,202,791		2,247,276		(2.0	)
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic			67.8		70.8		(3.0	)		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic			5,335,532		5,636,406		(5.3	)

Notes:
1)	Canada is included in domestic results.

Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc.
August
			2008		2007		% Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
	Domestic		4,544,411

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