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WELCOME ABOARD US AIRWAYS
US Airways is a major airline based in the United States. The airline is the 6th largest airline by traffic and 8th by market value in the country. US Airways operates major hubs in Charlotte, Phoenix and Philadelphia and maintains focus city operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A member of the Star Alliance, the airline has a fleet of 347 mainline jet aircraft and 319 regional jet and turbo-prop aircraft connecting 200 destinations in North America, South America, Europe and the Middle East. The airline was acquired by America West Airlines in 2005, with the new airline retaining the US Airways name. The name choice was based on studies indicating that the US Airways name had better brand recognition worldwide than the America West name. Despite better name recognition, US Airways consistently ranks at the bottom of customer service surveys. US Airways has become a "discount" carrier compared with the remaining historic mainline companies (Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines) and has made decisions to transfer flights from larger capacity, super-hub airports like Pittsburgh International Airport to smaller, mid-sized airports with lower capacity like Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The carrier operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York, Toronto and Washington, D.C.. Regional airline service is branded as US Airways Express, operated by contract and subsidiary airline companies. As of December 2008, US Airways, based in Tempe, Arizona, employed 33,765 people worldwide and operated 3,130 daily flights (1,312 US Airways Mainline, 1,818 US Airways Express as of December 2008).
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