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US Airways Reaches Transition Agreement With Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 21:00 CST

TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways Group, Inc. today announced it has reached a transition agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), which represents the airline's 11,000 flight attendants. The Transition Agreement will govern many merger-related aspects of the parties' relationship until there is a single collective bargaining agreement covering all flight attendants.

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The transition agreement includes protection of jobs for current active flight attendants on the airline's West and East networks; standards and procedures related to integration of the two flight attendant seniority lists; a framework for negotiation of a single collective bargaining agreement covering the two flight attendant groups; procedures for offering current US Airways furloughed flight attendants job opportunities; and participation by both flight attendant groups in a profit-sharing plan.

"We've reached yet another important milestone in our integration, and we commend both AFA Master Executive Councils for reaching an agreement," said US Airways President and CEO Doug Parker. "I'm extremely proud of the continued cooperative spirit exhibited by our employees as we work to establish a foundation of trust that contributes to our successful 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 3,700 flights per day and serve more than 230 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)

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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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