US Airways Restores Fort Lauderdale-New York Service; Route Becomes Latest GoFares Market

US Airways Restores Fort Lauderdale-New York Service; Route
Becomes Latest GoFares Market 


ARLINGTON, Va., July 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways today announced
that it will resume service between New York (LaGuardia) and Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., on Nov. 7, 2004, with four daily nonstop roundtrip flights. With the
introduction of this service, US Airways also brings customers its new low
GoFares(R), with ticket prices starting as low as $99* one way, with no minimum
stay or roundtrip purchase required.

"Our decision to resume service in the New York-Florida market marks the
beginning of many other changes to our network as we continue to implement our
transformation plan," said Andrew P. Nocella, US Airways vice president of
network and revenue management.  "Fort Lauderdale is the second largest
destination from New York and we are very pleased to be able to restore service
and offer low fares on this popular route, one that we served for many years."

                  New Fort Lauderdale-New York Schedule

         Departs Fort Lauderdale      Arrives New York
              7:30 a.m.                  10:17 a.m.
             11:40 a.m.                   2:31 p.m.
              3:15 p.m.                   6:02 p.m.
              7:15 p.m.                  10:02 p.m.

          Departs New York          Arrives Fort Lauderdale
              7:30 a.m.                  10:34 a.m.
             11:15 a.m.                   2:18 p.m.
              3:15 p.m.                   6:21 p.m.
              6:55 p.m.                  10:01 p.m.



*US Airways' GoFares are simple, however, in addition to the fare, the federal
government requires that the company collect a tax of $3.10 every time a
customer takes off on one of US Airways' planes, plus $2.50 per segment, up to
$10 per trip (the September 11th Security Fee).  Some of the airports that
customers might visit also charge up to $4.50 for passing through, but the
total is capped at $18 per trip.  The lowest fares must be purchased seven days
in advance and are nonrefundable.  Other restrictions may apply.  For more
details, see usairways.com.

At LaGuardia, US Airways operates 203 daily departures to 39 destinations in
the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.  From Fort Lauderdale, US Airways operates
six daily flights to Philadelphia (a seventh trip will be added in October),
five daily flights to Charlotte, N.C., three daily flights to Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport, two daily flights to Pittsburgh, once- weekly
(Saturday) service to Providence, R.I., and twice-weekly (Wednesday and
Saturday) service to Bermuda.

US Airways is the nation's seventh-largest airline, serving nearly 200
communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.  US
Airways, US Airways Shuttle and the US Airways Express partner carriers operate
over 3,300 flights per day.  For more information on US Airways flight
schedules and fares, contact US Airways online at usairways.com, or call US
Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322. 

DATASOURCE: US Airways



CONTACT:  Amy Kudwa of US Airways, [phone]



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

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