US Airways

US Airways was started in 1939 by the du Pont family of Pittsburgh as All-American Airways, delivering mail via small planes out of its hometown hub.

Over time, US Airways evolved through the help of mergers, including the acquisition of Pacific Southwest Airlines and Piedmont Airlines in the 1980s, and a completed merger with Phoenix-based America West Airlines in 2005. Between those years, US Airways had some financial strife, including failing to sell itself to other potential suitors for almost 10 years before the America West merger. US Airways also had financial difficulties after 9/11 shut down the industry and when fuel prices skyrocketed in 2007 and 2008, hitting most airlines in the pocketbook, causing them to raise prices and install new fees.

US Airways is currently based out of Phoenix, Arizona, operating over 3,500 domestic and international flights a day. US Airways operates its hubs out of Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Phoenix.

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• Making sure you can hear the safety briefing

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 145
  Here’s an odd one: On my recent US Airways flight into Washington National, I couldnt hear the safety briefing. Why? Because a guy three rows behind me was talking loudly, non-stop, during the briefing. He was in a pilot’s uniform. A first officer. And he wouldnt shut up.
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• US Airways Offers Up to 250% Bonus on Shopping Purchases

  
  Business Travel Tips — Authority: 422
  US Airways is offering their “Big Bonus” promotion, through which you earn a progressively larger bonus on all of your purchases every time you shop at a different store.If you make 5 purchases from eligible merchants, then all of your purchases earn a 250% bonus.  The bonus will apply to a maximum of your first ...
  23 hours ago

• US Airways delays delivery of 54 Airbus jets

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  US Airways will delay delivery of 54 new Airbus jets until at least 2013 and take other steps to boost its cash reserves until travel demand rebounds. read more
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• US Airways celebrates season of giving by matching dividend miles members Miles of Hope Donations

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 440
  US Airways today announced it will match mileage donations made by members of its frequent flyer program, Dividend Miles, to the airlines Miles of Hope program during the holiday season.
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• US Airways defers Airbus deliveries, raises liquidity

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 544
  US Airways, one of the carriers that got mentioned earlier this year by analysts as facing potential liquidity problems, said Tuesday it is deferring delivery of 54 Airbus jets to 2013 and afterward to save money. The airplanes were to be delivered between 2010 and 2012. "These deferral arrangements will reduce the ...
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• No Rebooking For People With H1N1 , So, You Know, Good Luck Flying [H1N1]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 798
  When I look at flight attendants I do not see mere mortals. I see heroic flying immune systems. When the zombificating superflu does eventually strike, those who survive will no doubt be ruled by former flight attendants and elementary school teachers. In the meantime, theyll somehow continue working in a "flying ...
  2 days ago

• TMI Nation: Do We Really Need To Know About Capt. Sully’s Sex Life?

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 629
  By Debbie SchlusselYup, this is what it’s come to in our age of over-sharing, over-exposure, sex tapes that get you on Sean Vannity’s FOX News show (in several cases), and the annoying excess of reality TV shows galore.Captain Chesley Sullenberger was an instant hero when he landed a plane in the Hudson River and ...
  2 days ago

• Hero Pilot Sully Says He’s Getting “Rock Star Sex”

  
  Genesis Online — Authority: 147
  Celebrated airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger and his wife did an interview with NBC in which they talked about how their sex life has improved since the man America knows as “Sully” became a national hero. In an interview with NBC’s People of the Year TV, the man who saved his crew and passengers by taking US ...
  2 days ago

• AirTran Airways eyes seatback ads as novel way to boost revenue

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , People , Boeing It seems airlines will stoop to anything in their pursuit of saving or making money. Long gone are the days of free food on bargain flights. Be prepared to pay to check even one bag. As if those skinflint ideas werent enough, AirTran Airways ( AAI ) is ...
  6 days ago

• US Airways New 5% Surcharge: Other Airlines NOT Matching

  
  RickSeaney.com — Authority: 438
  At least, the other airlines aren’t matching - yet. Maybe they’re waiting to see how much bad publicity - if any - will result from the move by US Airways to add a 5% surcharge to all its flights, beginning May 8. It may be that the new surcharge is accepted - after all, we accepted (grudgingly) bag fees. On ...
  6 days ago

• (UAUA) United Airlines’ Parent UAL Corporation Raises Funds

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 166
  UAL Corporation ( UAUA ), the parent company of United Airlines, has announced the issue of $810 million notes to pay off existing debt. The $810 million in pass-through securities raised consists of $697 million of Class A certificates with a coupon interest rate of 9.75% expiring in Jan. 2017 and $113 million of ...
  1 week ago

• Travel Maze: Hungry in coach? Your cash is no good here. Try plastic

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News , Columns , Economy Next time youre flying coach on Delta Airlines ( DAL ), and you want an almond-butter-and-grape-jelly sandwich or a grilled-chicken gyro, youd better have a credit or debt card handy. The jelly sandwich is $4, the gyro $8 -- and cash transactions for food will soon be ...
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• Unruly Scot forces Boston landing

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines US Airways Flight 728 was forced to land in Boston Monday night, far short of its London destination. John Alexander Murry, of Glasgow, was arrested just after 11 PM, causing the plane to stay on the ground for two hours before resuming its ...
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• Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 635
  Nike has topped Climate Counts’ third annual corporate climate performance scorecard with 83 points (out of a possible 100) for the second year in a row. Stoneyfield Farm followed closely with 81 points. Unilever received 80 points. The climate performance scorecard ranks 90 companies in 12 sectors.The survey finds ...
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• Scottish man removed from transAtlantic flight for unruly behaviour

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  A British passengers "unruly" behaviour forced a US Airways flight en route from Philadelphia to London to make an unscheduled stop in Boston on Monday after the pilot decided to have him removed from the plane.
  1 week ago

• US Airways Pilot Pulls Plane Over To Kick Off Unruly Passenger [Travel]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 798
  A 49-year-old Scottish man with an injured arm grew angry at the crew on his US Airways flight to London last night, so he demanded they turn the plane around and take him back to Philadelphia. Instead, the pilot, who has had it up to here with you kids, landed the plane at Logan International Airport in Boston ...
  1 week ago

• Fly By Wire: US Airways 1549

  
  Leeham News and Comment — Authority: 422
  We’ve just finished reading “Fly By Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson,” by William Langewiesche. It’s about US Airways 1549, the Airbus A320 pilot by Chelsey Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles, forced to make an emergency landing in New York City’s Hudson River last January 15. We’ve ...
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• Flight 1549 passenger book: Miracle on the Hudson

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 490
  November 15, 2009Flight 1549 appearances/videos/postsFour of the passengers from Flight 1549 were on the Early Show pushing the new book: Miracle on the Hudson. In it, 118 passengers discuss their experiences that day. Two passengers are now dating.EILEEN SHLEFFAR:When I heard that boom, I yelled out to my dad who is ...
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• Flight 1549: David Letterman Show (2-10)

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 490
  November 15, 2009Flight 1549 appearances/videos/postsI found this at Sling looking for the passengers who were on the Early Show the other day. It’s the full segment of Flight 1549 on David Letterman. (The ones we had were homemade and incomplete.) Best interview they did. First Officer Jeff Skiles is very funny as ...
  1 week ago

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