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US Airways Announces Caribbean and Latin America Expansion
New Charlotte-Liberia, Costa Rica Service Begins in February
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways will expand its
Caribbean and Latin America network on Feb. 12, 2005, with new service to
Liberia, Costa Rica from Charlotte, N.C., and new nonstop Charlotte-Barbados
service. In addition, US Airways will increase nonstop Boston-Aruba service in
November 2004, and add a second nonstop Saturday flight between Charlotte and
St. Thomas in December 2004.
Subject to foreign government approval, new Charlotte-Liberia service will
operate each Saturday using 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. Liberia is one of
the fastest-growing destinations in Central America, offering customers
convenient access to the north Pacific beach communities and many ecotourism
attractions. Flights will depart Charlotte at 10:30 a.m., and will arrive in
Liberia at 1:40 p.m. Return flights will depart Liberia at 1:15 p.m., and will
arrive in Charlotte at 6:15 p.m.
"The addition of Liberia to our Caribbean and Latin America network and the
expansion of service to existing destinations underline our growth strategy in
this region over the past four years," said Andrew P. Nocella, US Airways vice
president of network and revenue management. "We now offer nonstop service to
three times the number of destinations in the region as we did in 2000, and we
look forward to continued expansion in the future, as contemplated in our
Transformation Plan."
New nonstop service between Charlotte and Barbados will begin on Feb. 12, 2005,
and will operate each Saturday using Airbus A319 aircraft, subject to foreign
government approval. US Airways currently operates nonstop service to Barbados
from Philadelphia.
Additionally, on Nov. 7, 2004, US Airways will expand its Boston-Aruba service,
adding nonstop roundtrip flights each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, using
Airbus A319 aircraft. This service is also subject to foreign government
approval. US Airways currently operates Boston-Aruba service on Saturday only.
From Boston, US Airways operates service to Aruba, Bermuda, Cancun, Nassau,
Montego Bay and San Juan.
Beginning Dec. 11, 2004, US Airways will add a second Saturday nonstop
roundtrip flight between Charlotte and St. Thomas, using 193-seat Boeing 757
aircraft. US Airways operates nonstop service to 18 Caribbean and Latin
American destinations from Charlotte.
US Airways, the US Airways Express carriers and US Airways Shuttle provide
service to nearly 200 destinations worldwide, including 37 states in the U.S.
and 10 destinations in Europe. In the Caribbean and Latin America, US Airways
serves Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cancun, Cozumel, Grand Bahama
Island, Grand Cayman, Grenada, La Romana, Mexico City, Montego Bay, Nassau,
Providenciales, Punta Cana, San Jose, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Kitts, St.
Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and St. Croix. For more information on US
Airways flight schedules and fares, visit US Airways online at usairways.com.
US Airways is a member of the Star Alliance network. Star Alliance was
established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer
customers global reach and a smooth travel experience. The members are Air
Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, bmi, LOT Polish
Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Spanair, Thai
Airways International, United, US Airways and VARIG Brazilian Airlines. South
African Airways and TAP Air Portugal will join the alliance in 2005.
DATASOURCE: US Airways
CONTACT: Amy Kudwa of US Airways, +1-703-872-5100
Web site: http://www.usairways.com/