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US Airways Reaches Transition Agreement With Airline Customer Service Employee Association

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 18:00 CST

TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways Group, Inc. today announced it has reached a transition agreement with the two unions that represent the airline's passenger service employees. The Communications Workers of America (CWA), which represents US Airways' passenger service employees, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), which represents America West's passenger service employees, recently formed an alliance designed to represent the new merged airline's passenger service employees. Termed the Airline Customer Service Employee Association, this alliance will represent approximately 7,150 passenger service and reservations employees. Transfer of IBT's and CWA's certifications to represent the passenger service employees is subject to approval by the National Mediation Board.

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"Today marks an important milestone as we continue our integration," said US Airways President and CEO Doug Parker. "That we have reached an agreement so quickly with the CWA and IBT is indicative of the continued progress we are making at the new US Airways. The alliance CWA and IBT have formed represents a new, progressive way of approaching organization and we are pleased to work with their new alliance to create a winning airline for our employees and our customers."

The Transition Agreement covers a variety of subjects related to how the two groups of employees will be integrated into a single workforce. It includes provisions for preferential hiring of furloughed employees where vacancies occur, protocols on seniority integration to ensure a fair and equitable integration of seniority, agreement on terms of the final labor agreement at the merged and integrated carrier, which will be in effect through Dec. 31, 2011, timing for integrating the two workforces, as well as comprehensive interim employee cross utilization provisions that will ensure seamless service to customers as the two carriers work towards complete integration.

US Airways and America West's recent merger creates the fifth largest domestic airline employing approximately 35,000 aviation professionals. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express operate approximately 4,000 flights per day and serve more than 225 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. This press release and additional information on US Airways can be found at http://www.usairways.com/ or http://www.americawest.com/. (LCCG)

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain of the statements contained herein should be considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements may be identified by words such as "may,""will,""expect,""intend,""anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""plan,""could,""should," and "continue" and similar terms. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the outlook of US Airways Group, Inc. (the "Company"), expected fuel costs, the revenue and pricing environment, expected financial performance, and the benefits of the business combination transaction involving America West Holdings Corporation and US Airways Group, including future financial and operating results, the combined companies' plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, as well as other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results and financial position to differ materially from these statements. These risks and additional factors that may affect the future results of the Company are set forth in detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and in the filings of the Company with the SEC, which are available at http://www.usairways.com/. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such estimates other than as required by law.

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US Airways Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Phil Gee of US Airways Group, Inc., +1-480-693-5729

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

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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