More New Caribbean Routes from US Airways

July 17 2003 - US Airways will begin service on four new Caribbean routes beginning in December 2003, further expanding options for customers to reach the airline's 25 destinations in the region.

Service between Philadelphia and Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands will begin on Dec. 13, 2003, along with Philadelphia-Cozumel and Charlotte-St. Kitts service. Charlotte-Antigua service will begin on Feb. 14, 2004. All new service will operate on Saturdays only using Airbus A320-family aircraft, and is subject to foreign government approval.

"These new routes provide our customers with additional access to the Caribbean, not just from Charlotte and Philadelphia, but throughout our system via convenient connections," said Douglas D. Leo, US Airways vice president of international.

US Airways will add flights between Charlotte and Mexico City starting Oct. 26, 2003, and between San Jose, Costa Rica, and both Charlotte and Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2003.

US Airways also announced today that it will begin nonstop service between New York's LaGuardia airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico, effective Dec. 13, 2003.

US Airways will operate nonstop roundtrip flights on this route each Saturday, using 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. Flights will depart New York at 9:30 a.m., and will arrive in San Juan at 2:23 p.m. Return flights will depart San Juan at 3:30 p.m., and will arrive in New York at 6:33 p.m.

"San Juan and New York are key cities and integral to our Caribbean network," said Douglas D. Leo, US Airways vice president of international. "We are pleased to link these business and leisure markets for our customers in both communities."

US Airways currently operates twice-daily service to San Juan from Charlotte, N.C., with an additional frequency on Saturday and Sunday. Philadelphia-San Juan service operates three times each day, with four frequencies on Saturday. US Airways also serves San Juan with Saturday and Sunday service from both Boston and Pittsburgh. Boston-San Juan flights will operate daily beginning in November 2003.

Beginning Oct. 26, 2003, Boston-San Juan service, which currently operates on Saturdays and Sundays, will increase to daily service.

On Feb. 14, 2004, US Airways will increase its Boston-Cancun service to operate five times per week, with one roundtrip flight on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as well as two roundtrip flights on Saturday. US Airways currently operates one roundtrip flight on Saturdays only.

Also on Feb. 14, US Airways will begin service on three new Caribbean routes from Boston, subject to foreign government approval. Boston-Montego Bay service will operate four times per week, with roundtrip flights on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Boston-Aruba and Boston-Nassau service will operate on Saturdays only.

"With this service expansion, we are doubling Boston's number of nonstop Caribbean destinations, a region of the world that has been a primary focus for US Airways," said Douglas D. Leo, US Airways vice president of international. "We are also expanding our weekly frequencies by 140 percent, adding 14 weekly flights to our existing ten. A Caribbean vacation on US Airways has never been more accessible."

All new and expanded service will be operated using 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. US Airways currently serves Bermuda, Cancun and San Juan from Boston, and with the new service, will serve six nonstop destinations in addition to one-stop service to all 25 Caribbean destinations served by US Airways.

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. In the Caribbean, US Airways serves Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cancun, Cozumel, Grand Bahama Island, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Montego Bay, Nassau, Providenciales, Punta Cana, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and St. Croix. US Airways Express also serves North Eleuthera, Governors Harbour, Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from select cities in Florida. Through the GoCaribbean network carriers, US Airways serves Anguilla, Dominica, St. Eustatius, Nevis, Port of Spain, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, and Georgetown, Guyana.

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Nonstop Boston-Cancun, Pittsburgh-Montego Bay, Charlotte-St. Croix Service Begins

ARLINGTON, Va., March 14, 2003 -- US Airways begins nonstop roundtrip service tomorrow on three new Caribbean routes: Boston-Cancun, Pittsburgh-Montego Bay and Charlotte-St. Croix.

US Airways’ new Boston-Cancun service will operate each Saturday using Airbus A320 aircraft. Flights will depart Boston at 9:45 a.m., and will arrive in Cancun at 1:23 p.m. Return flights will depart Cancun at 2:30 p.m., and will arrive in Boston at 7:39 p.m.

New nonstop roundtrip service between Pittsburgh and Montego Bay will operate each Saturday using Airbus A319 aircraft. Flights will depart Pittsburgh at 9:10 a.m., and will arrive in Montego Bay at 12:53 p.m. Return flights will depart Montego Bay at 12:40 p.m., and will arrive in Pittsburgh at 4:14 p.m.

US Airways will also begin nonstop roundtrip service each Saturday between Charlotte and St. Croix. Flights will depart Charlotte at 10:15 a.m., and will arrive in St. Croix at 2:46 p.m. Return flights will depart St. Croix at 4 p.m., and will arrive in Charlotte at 7 p.m. This service complements existing connecting service from Charlotte via St. Thomas, which operates Sunday through Friday.

"Having successfully grown the US Airways Caribbean network to 21 destinations in the past two years, we are pleased to offer our customers even more ways to reach the Caribbean with these new routes," said Douglas D. Leo, US Airways vice president of international. "This expanded network, coupled with our ‘Peace of Mind’ travel policy, gives our customers the flexibility and ease of mind to plan a vacation to these popular destinations."

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. In the Caribbean, US Airways serves Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cancun, Cozumel, Grand Bahama Island, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Montego Bay, Nassau, Punta Cana, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Croix and the Turks and Caicos Islands. US Airways Express also serves North Eleuthera, Governors Harbour, Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from select cities in Florida. US Airways serves 11 additional Caribbean destinations through its GoCaribbean Network.

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