US Airways Group, Inc. : US Airways Begins Service to 14 Communities From Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport
03/25/2012| 03:26pm US/Eastern
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TEMPE, Ariz., March 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --US
Airways (NYSE: LCC) began new service to 11 communities today
and improved service to three from Washington,
D.C's Reagan National Airport. The airline
launched nonstop flights to Birmingham, Ala.;
Fayetteville, N.C.; Islip, N.Y.;
Little Rock, Ark.; Jacksonville,
N.C.; Pensacola, Fla.; Tallahassee,
Fla.and Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. US Airways will be the
sole carrier to provide service to customers in these
communities to Washington's downtown
airport.
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New service also began to Memphis, Tenn.;
Omaha, Neb.and Ottawa, Ontario. These
communities are currently served by other carriers at Reagan
National. In addition to the 11 new communities the airline
did not previously serve, it has also added improved service
on existing routes between Reagan National and
Savannah, Ga.; Bangor, Maineand
Hartford, Conn.
On March 21, the airline also announced that it
would begin service to six additional communities from the
District's downtown airport. Once these flights commence
in June and July, the airline will have a total of 22 new
routes served from Reagan National. The new flights are a
part of US Airways' plan to focus on its core service
areas of Washington, D.C.,
Philadelphia, Phoenixand
Charlotte, N.C.
"Today US Airways will begin connecting customers in
communities, both large and small, to our nation's
capital," said Andrew Nocella, senior vice
president, marketing and planning. "We are enthusiastic
about providing our business, government and leisure
travelers in these 14 communities with direct and convenient
access to Reagan National, and look forward to connecting
additional communities in June and July."
Beginning July 11, 99 percent of the
airline's available seat miles (ASMs) will operate to or
from its core service areas and US Airways Shuttle that
operates hourly between Washington,
Bostonand New York's LaGuardia
Airport.
Customers may book flights through US Airways' website at
www.usairways.com, by
calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322 or through
their travel agent. Complete vacation packages to
Washington, D.C.are also available at www.usairwaysvacations.com.
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 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 1,290 airports in 189 countries.
Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline
serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and
operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C.,
Philadelphiaand 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. For six years in a row, the airline also earned a 100
percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate
Equality index. 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
UniversityAirline Quality Rating (AQR). For more
company information visit usairways.com, follow on Twitter
@USAirways or at Facebook.com/USAirways. (LCCG)
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