US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced January traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.3 billion, down 1.4 percent versus January 2009. Capacity was 5.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 0.4 percent versus January 2009. Passenger load factor for the month of January was 75.1 percent, down 0.7 points versus January 2009.
US Airways President Scott Kirby said, “Our January consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately two percent versus the same period last year while total revenue per available seat mile increased approximately three percent on a year-over-year basis. Looking forward, the encouraging revenue momentum we saw in late 2009 has carried into 2010 in both corporate revenue and booked yields.”

For the month of January, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was 79.4 percent with a completion factor of 97.0 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month ended January 31, 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.