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US Airways Group, Inc. announced September, quarter and year-to-date 2010 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.9 billion, up 7.5 percent versus September 2009. Mainline capacity was 6.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 3.8 percent versus September 2009. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 82.1 percent for the month of September, up 2.8 points versus September 2009.
US Airways President Scott Kirby said, "Our September consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 12 percent versus the same period last year while total revenue per available seat mile increased approximately 13 percent on a year-over-year basis."
For the month, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was 87.1 percent with a completion factor of 99.4 percent.
The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month, quarter and year-to-date ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, consisting of mainline operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.
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