Exhibit 99.1

		Contact:		US Airways Dan Cravens 480-693-5729

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

US AIRWAYS REPORTS RECORD JUNE LOAD FACTOR

TEMPE, Ariz. July 6, 2011 — US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced June, quarter and year-to-date 2011 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.7 billion, up 2.5 percent versus June 2010. Mainline capacity was 6.6 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.3 percent versus June 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was an all-time record 87.1 percent, up 0.2 points versus June 2010.

US Airways’ President Scott Kirby said, “Our June consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 6 percent versus the same period last year.”

For the month of June, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 73.1 percent with a completion factor of 98.4 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month, quarter and year-to-date ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, consisting of mainline operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.

US Airways Mainline

JUNE

		2011				2010				Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			4,114,725				3,976,559				3.5	%
Atlantic			1,200,237				1,172,742				2.3	%
Latin			419,079				442,211				(5.2	)%
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles			5,734,041				5,591,512				2.5	%
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			4,690,794				4,563,555				2.8	%
Atlantic			1,393,104				1,327,948				4.9	%
Latin			497,904				540,006				(7.8	)%
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles			6,581,802				6,431,509				2.3	%
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic			87.7				87.1			0.6		pts
Atlantic			86.2				88.3			(2.1		)pts
Latin			84.2				81.9			2.3		pts
Total Mainline Load Factor			87.1				86.9			0.2		pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic			4,077,014				3,957,308				3.0	%
Atlantic			289,134				289,303				(0.1	)%
Latin			318,383				343,415				(7.3	)%
Total Mainline Enplanements			4,684,531				4,590,026				2.1	%

QUARTER TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			11,827,772				11,328,462				4.4	%
Atlantic			3,116,824				2,854,688				9.2	%
Latin			1,315,705				1,347,020				(2.3	)%
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles			16,260,301				15,530,170				4.7	%
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			13,806,039				13,339,558				3.5	%
Atlantic			3,696,970				3,367,067				9.8	%
Latin			1,613,116				1,733,631				(7.0	)%
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles			19,116,125				18,440,256				3.7	%
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic			85.7				84.9			0.8		pts
Atlantic			84.3				84.8			(0.5		)pts
Latin			81.6				77.7			3.9		pts
Total Mainline Load Factor			85.1				84.2			0.9		pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic			12,050,543				11,639,864				3.5	%
Atlantic			761,773				705,120				8.0	%
Latin			986,381				1,035,910				(4.8	)%
Total Mainline Enplanements			13,798,697				13,380,894				3.1	%

YEAR TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			22,265,839				21,426,187				3.9	%
Atlantic			4,857,269				4,317,108				12.5	%
Latin			2,706,842				2,840,093				(4.7	)%
Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles			29,829,950				28,583,388				4.4	%
Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			26,529,577				25,817,350				2.8	%
Atlantic			6,256,460				5,488,584				14.0	%
Latin			3,364,963				3,712,903				(9.4	)%
Total Mainline Available Seat Miles			36,151,000				35,018,837				3.2	%
Mainline Load Factor (%)
Domestic			83.9				83.0			0.9		pts
Atlantic			77.6				78.7			(1.1		)pts
Latin			80.4				76.5			3.9		pts
Total Mainline Load Factor			82.5				81.6			0.9		pts
Mainline Enplanements
Domestic			23,108,029				22,176,920				4.2	%
Atlantic			1,189,907				1,066,163				11.6	%
Latin			2,005,050				2,123,030				(5.6	)%
Total Mainline Enplanements			26,302,986				25,366,113				3.7	%

Notes:

US Airways Express (Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines)

JUNE

		2011				2010				Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			205,599				200,833				2.4	%
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			267,698				269,925				(0.8	)%
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic			76.8				74.4			2.4		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic			703,240				715,568				(1.7	)%

QUARTER TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			609,707				566,321				7.7	%
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			808,195				779,260				3.7	%
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic			75.4				72.7			2.7		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic			2,082,133				2,086,058				(0.2	)%

YEAR TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			1,133,008				1,022,821				10.8	%
Express Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			1,580,692				1,487,007				6.3	%
Express Load Factor (%)
Domestic			71.7				68.8			2.9		pts
Express Enplanements
Domestic			3,873,695				3,756,672				3.1	%

Notes:

Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc.

JUNE

		2011				2010				Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			4,320,324				4,177,392				3.4	%
Atlantic			1,200,237				1,172,742				2.3	%
Latin			419,079				442,211				(5.2	)%
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles			5,939,640				5,792,345				2.5	%
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			4,958,492				4,833,480				2.6	%
Atlantic			1,393,104				1,327,948				4.9	%
Latin			497,904				540,006				(7.8	)%
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles			6,849,500				6,701,434				2.2	%
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic			87.1				86.4			0.7		pts
Atlantic			86.2				88.3			(2.1		)pts
Latin			84.2				81.9			2.3		pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor			86.7				86.4			0.3		pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic			4,780,254				4,672,876				2.3	%
Atlantic			289,134				289,303				(0.1	)%
Latin			318,383				343,415				(7.3	)%
Total Consolidated Enplanements			5,387,771				5,305,594				1.5	%

QUARTER TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			12,437,479				11,894,783				4.6	%
Atlantic			3,116,824				2,854,688				9.2	%
Latin			1,315,705				1,347,020				(2.3	)%
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles			16,870,008				16,096,491				4.8	%
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			14,614,234				14,118,818				3.5	%
Atlantic			3,696,970				3,367,067				9.8	%
Latin			1,613,116				1,733,631				(7.0	)%
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles			19,924,320				19,219,516				3.7	%
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic			85.1				84.2			0.9		pts
Atlantic			84.3				84.8			(0.5		)pts
Latin			81.6				77.7			3.9		pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor			84.7				83.8			0.9		pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic			14,132,676				13,725,922				3.0	%
Atlantic			761,773				705,120				8.0	%
Latin			986,381				1,035,910				(4.8	)%
Total Consolidated Enplanements			15,880,830				15,466,952				2.7	%

YEAR TO DATE

		2011				2010				Change
Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic			23,398,847				22,449,008				4.2	%
Atlantic			4,857,269				4,317,108				12.5	%
Latin			2,706,842				2,840,093				(4.7	)%
Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles			30,962,958				29,606,209				4.6	%
Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic			28,110,269				27,304,357				3.0	%
Atlantic			6,256,460				5,488,584				14.0	%
Latin			3,364,963				3,712,903				(9.4	)%
Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles			37,731,692				36,505,844				3.4	%
Consolidated Load Factor (%)
Domestic			83.2				82.2			1.0		pts
Atlantic			77.6				78.7			(1.1		)pts
Latin			80.4				76.5			3.9		pts
Total Consolidated Load Factor			82.1				81.1			1.0		pts
Consolidated Enplanements
Domestic			26,981,724				25,933,592				4.0	%
Atlantic			1,189,907				1,066,163				11.6	%
Latin			2,005,050				2,123,030				(5.6	)%
Total Consolidated Enplanements			30,176,681				29,122,785				3.6	%

Notes:

US Airways

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,300 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers 21,000 daily flights to 1,160 airports in 181 countries. Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. US Airways was the only airline included as one of the 50 best companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine’s 50 Report for 2010. For the sixth year in a row, the airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index, a leading indicator of companies’ attitudes and policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. US Airways also ranked #1 among its competing hub-and-spoke network carriers for 2010 performance as rated by the Wichita State University/Purdue University Airline Quality Rating (AQR). For more company information visit usairways.com, follow on Twitter @USAirways or at Facebook.com/USAirways. (LCCT)

Forward Looking Statements

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fuel and significant disruptions in the supply of aircraft fuel; our high level of fixed obligations and our ability to fund general corporate requirements, obtain additional financing and respond to competitive developments; any failure to comply with the liquidity covenants contained in our financing arrangements; provisions in our credit card processing and other commercial agreements that may affect our liquidity; the impact of union disputes, employee strikes and other labor-related disruptions; our inability to maintain labor costs at competitive levels; interruptions or disruptions in service at one or more of our hub airports; our reliance on third-party regional operators or third-party service providers; our reliance on and costs of third-party distribution channels, including those provided by global distribution systems and online travel agents; changes in government legislation and regulation; our reliance on automated systems and the impact of any failure or disruption of these systems; the impact of changes to our business model; competitive practices in the industry, including the impact of industry consolidation; the loss of key personnel or our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the impact of conflicts overseas or terrorist attacks, and the impact of ongoing security concerns; our ability to operate and grow our route network; the impact of environmental laws and regulations; costs of ongoing data security compliance requirements and the impact of any data security breach; the impact of any accident involving our aircraft or the aircraft of our regional operators; delays in scheduled aircraft deliveries or other loss of anticipated fleet capacity; the impact of weather conditions and seasonality of airline travel; the impact of possible future increases in insurance costs and disruptions to insurance markets; the impact of global events that affect travel behavior, such as an outbreak of a contagious disease; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; our ability to use NOLs and certain other tax attributes; and other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in our reports to and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). There may be other factors not identified above of which the Company is not currently aware that may affect matters discussed in the forward-looking statements, and may also cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or supplement 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. Additional factors that may affect the future results of the Company are set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.usairways.com.

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