E-Mail from USAirways - Subject "Clear Skies Ahead"

DebbieB

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Just got this e-mail from USAirways:

There have been some significant accomplishments and a great deal of positive news about US Airways recently. As a valued customer, I want to take a moment to update you on our progress towards transforming our airline. Additionally, I want to thank you for continuing to support us over the past few months.
US Airways has met every milestone in its efforts to restructure. With our last remaining labor agreements completed on Friday, we now have finalized the negotiation and ratification process with all of our workgroups. Additionally, our recent agreement with the Air Transportation Stabilization Board (ATSB) allows us to continue to use our cash.

What this means for customers like you is that US Airways has adequate resources and labor support to transform the airline in the many ways we have been talking about over the past year. We plan to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of June.

One of the positive ways we are changing is the introduction of a number of new business and leisure routes. We are expanding operations at Charlotte, adding new routes from Reagan Washington National Airport, changing our scheduling practices at Philadelphia to improve reliability, adding new destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America and introducing service to Barcelona and Venice in May. Also, we continue to invest and add features on usairways.com to make finding low fares even easier.

The support and sacrifices of our employees reflects their desire to make US Airways a successful and competitive airline that offers you value, great service, and better travel options. Ultimately, all our efforts to transform are about better serving your travel needs.

The employees of US Airways have been through their share of challenges as the airline industry continues to change. But, we believe the most difficult days are behind us.

As a thank you for continuing to support us, we are pleased to offer you a special bonus for tickets purchased between now and Jan. 30, 2005. You will receive 40,000 bonus miles for flying Envoy Class, 10,000 bonus miles for flying to the Caribbean or Latin America and double miles on all other travel between now and Dec. 31, 2005. To register and for further details, click here.

We are focused on the clear skies ahead, and look forward to seeing you onboard a US Airways flight very soon.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Bruce Lakefield
President and CEO
 
I don't know about you, but I'm still not sure if I trust that US Airways will be around past June. Plus, after what has gone on lately, I don't want them to have any of my money.
 
I just received the email too. I have to agree with CaliforniaDreaming. I have a hard time believing they're going to come out of this one. I hope so for all the employees' sake, but....
Besides, I don't think that they would come out with a gloom and doom email for their customers. JMO.
 
I don't really trust them either, but at least we don't have "gone by Saturday" hanging over everyone. I need to use them for some upcoming business trips. I did not buy tickets yet for my May vacation, both Air Tran and USAir are close to $300 per ticket. I'm hoping Southwest announces their start date and routes for Pittsburgh soon. I'm holding off until then, I'm sure it will drop.
 

Debbie, did you see America West is starting PIT-LAS service? I bet that is in anticipation of SWA! Wonder if US will decrease service, as I'm sure AWA & SWA will take over on that route.
 
I think the next hurdle that US isn't mentioning will be Southwest in PHL and PIT. Southwest isn't going to make it easy for them to make money.
 
CaliforniaDreaming said:
Debbie, did you see America West is starting PIT-LAS service? I bet that is in anticipation of SWA! Wonder if US will decrease service, as I'm sure AWA & SWA will take over on that route.

I didn't know that. USAir still has 2 non-stops each way. I wouldn't be surprised if USAir dropped Las Vegas and concentrated more in the east. It looks like America West's non-stop return to PIT is a red-eye. Their flight out is 8:45am. Did the red-eye once, never again.

Southwest is only supposed to start with 10-15 flights a day to 4 or 6 destinations, I wonder what they will be. I'm thinking Philadelphia, Orlando, Chicago Midway, ?
 
Yeah, I'd guess Chicago/Midway, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Baltimore to start, and maybe Los Angeles and Orlando. Not sure where else they'll go, but from what I've heard, they aren't planning on over 50 flights when they reach their max.
 
For the employees of US Airways, I certainly hope things work out as predicted.
 














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