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US Airways Permanently Awarded Route Connecting Mississippi To Nation’s Capital

Airline will continue to provide nonstop service between state capital and Washington, D.C.

TEMPE, Ariz., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today was awarded permanent authority to operate daily, nonstop service between Mississippi’s capital city, Jackson, and Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The route, which US Airways has been flying since March 4 under temporary authority from the DOT, is the only nonstop service linking the State of Mississippi to the nation’s capital.

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US Airways’ Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said, “We are honored…