Unternehmensnachrichten Flugzeug über Tower

US Airways (NYSE:LCC) today announced it will match mileage donations made by members of its frequent flyer program, Dividend Miles, to the airline?s Miles of Hope program during the holiday season. From Nov. 24 through Dec. 31, US Airways will make a special 1,000-mile donation, up to 25,000 miles, for every 5,000 miles donated to the four national nonprofit organizations served by Miles of Hope.

?To show our gratitude for the kindness and generosity of our frequent flyers, especially in these challenging times, US Airways is pleased to match their donations to the Miles of Hope program during the holiday season,? said US Airways Director, Community Relations Julie Coleman. ?These donated miles help our Miles of Hope partners deliver their critical programs and services.?

The US Airways Miles of Hope program allows Dividend Miles members to donate their miles to four national nonprofit organizations to fulfill each organization?s mission:

• The American Red Cross ? uses donated miles to transport disaster relief workers
• Mercy Medical Airlift ? provides long-distance medical air transport for all medically indigent, low-income and financially vulnerable patients using donated miles
• Fisher House Foundation ? reunites families by providing airline tickets using donated miles to wounded military members for a leave or pass from a hospital, or for their families to visit them
• Make-A-Wish Foundation^® ? uses donated miles to help grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions

US Airways customers have donated more than 600 million miles ? approximately 12,000 round-trip flights ? to these organizations since the Miles of Hope program began in 1998.

Dividend Miles members can visit www.usairways.com/donatemiles to donate their miles or learn more about the Miles of Hope program. Customers who are currently not Dividend Miles members can also sign up at www.usairways.com.

In addition to its Miles of Hope program, US Airways gives back year-round to the communities in which its employees work and live through corporate philanthropy (support of a broad range of nonprofit organizations, including arts and culture, health, human services, education, environment and civic), foundation giving and employees' involvement in their local communities through volunteerism and service on nonprofit boards. So far in 2009, the Do Crew, the airline?s employee volunteer corps, has volunteered more than 18,500 hours to 300 nonprofit organizations in communities throughout the United States.

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin America. The airline employs more than 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers more than 19,000 daily flights to 1,071 airports in 171 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 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. And for the eleventh consecutive year, the airline received a Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Charlotte hub line maintenance facility. For more company information, visit usairways.com or on Twitter @USAirwaysNews. (LCCG)

-Fly With US-