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US Airways Finalizes Two-Year Extension of Current Lease Agreement

Dépèche transmise le 21 juin 2011 par Business Wire

US Airways Finalizes Two-Year Extension of Current Lease Agreement

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A committee of airlines, led by US Airways (NYSE: LCC) has finalized arrangements with the City of Philadelphia Division of Aviation on a two-year extension of the current Airport-Airline Use and Lease Agreement. This two-year extension will provide time for the airport and the airlines to continue in-depth discussions on the airport’s proposed Capacity Enhancement Program and to discuss terms for a longer term Use and Lease agreement.

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US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,300 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 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers 21,000 daily flights to 1,160 airports in 181 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. For the sixth year in a row, the airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index, 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 (LCCG).

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