US Airways Group News

TEMPE, Ariz. &#8212 US Airways said Monday it will operate nonstop flights to Washington from Cincinnati, Ohio and Des Moines, Iowa, on May 2. The move follows US Airways' acquisition of more takeoff and landing slots at Reagan National Airport outside Washington in a trade with Delta Air Lines for slots at New York's LaGuardia airport.

Several major carriers, such as US Airways , Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways, have seen their stocks drop this week.

Southwest at Philadelphia airport. Last month, the carrier halted flights from here to other cities - it couldn't make money.

Some American Airlines unsecured creditors increasingly feel the bankrupt airline should explore a deal with US Airways Group or another carrier, after hearing parent company AMR Corp's plan to remain independent, people familiar with the situation said.

The Tempe Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Corey Woods, Kolby Granville and Dick Foreman for council and Michael Monti for mayor.

The chief executive at Republic Airways Holdings Inc. says he's trying to make the airline's money-losing Frontier Airlines unit more like lower-cost rivals Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.

For the sixth month in a row, Delta Air Lines Inc. A reported a decrease in air traffic for the month of January, along with a continued fall in capacity.A Delta, like other passenger carriers, has been slashing capacity to deal with increasing fuel costs, said the report.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport experienced record traffic in 2011, with slightly more than 39 million travelers boarding planes during the year.

Since American Airlines filed for bankruptcy in late November, speculation is swirling in the airline industry that there could be another big merger.

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly has worked for the company for nearly two decades but even he wasn't around when the carrier began flights in Phoenix.

US Airways Group, Inc. announced January 2012 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, for the month were 4.6B, up 3.8% vs January 2011.

After sitting out the mega-mergers that created the world's two largest airlines in recent years, US Airways Group is once again courting partners, this time hoping that its bankrupt rival American Airlines will deem it merger-worthy. US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker, a longtime advocate for industry consolidation, has confirmed his interest ... (more)

The airline, which operates its largest hub at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, flew 4.8 billion revenue-passenger miles last month, up 3.7 percent from a year earlier.

Three US Airways employees have been fired after the airline said they sold for a profit the passes to fly they get as a benefit of employment.

The Philadelphia Inquirer said the three sold their passes -- of which each employee gets eight a year -- for travel to and from Tel Aviv, Israel.

I would like to thank our team of 32,000 employees for continuing to run an outstanding operation.

Last week, a new law by the Department of Transportation requiring airlines to include mandatory government taxes and fees in advertised airfares went into effect.A All airline companies such as United Continental , JetBlue , Delta Air Lines and US Airways must now comply with the new regulations.

The bankruptcy of American Airlines has triggered a new round of rumors and reports about airline mergers -- and the airline most often mentioned in those reports is Tempe-based US Airways.

The bankrupt parent of American Airlines, AMR Corp, expects to slash about 13,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting strategy the carrier calls necessary to compete with rivals.

Despite delusions to the contrary, "investors" are playing a game of the greater fool by continuing to hold shares of AMR Corporation .