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US Airways Adds Flights, Providing More Seat Capacity for High Point Furniture Market

Posted on: Monday, 12 September 2005, 12:01 CDT

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways will add an average of six daily roundtrip flights and operate larger aircraft to and from the Greensboro/High Point Regional Airport from Oct. 16-25, 2005, to accommodate customers attending the annual International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C.

US Airways will add two daily flights to Greensboro from both New York (LaGuardia) and Pittsburgh, as well as one additional flight from Philadelphia. From Philadelphia, US Airways will also upgrade existing 50- seat regional jet service to larger aircraft, including 120-seat Airbus A319 and 126-seat Boeing 737-300 aircraft, which will add 218 daily seats to the route.

From Charlotte, N.C., US Airways will upgrade its nine daily flights to larger aircraft, increasing capacity by 244 seats each way. Operating between Charlotte and Greensboro during this time will be a 70-seat Canadair RJ 700, one Boeing 737-300 and four 144-seat 737-400 aircraft.

US Airways and US Airways Express currently operate 30 daily flights from Greensboro.

US Airways is the nation's seventh-largest airline, serving 183 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and the US Airways Express partner carriers operate approximately 3,300 flights per day. For more information on US Airways flight schedules and fares, visit US Airways online at usairways.com, or call US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322.

US Airways

CONTACT: Amy Kudwa of US Airways, +1-703-872-5100

Web site: http://www.usairways.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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