TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –US Airways (NYSE: LCC) announced today that it will begin nonstop, daily year-round service from its international gateway in Philadelphia to Salt Lake City, Utah on June 8. The new service will give customers in Salt Lake City one-stop access to destinations throughout the East Coast, Europe and the Caribbean.
[quote]”We are excited to expand our service for customers traveling to and from our international gateway in Philadelphia with a new daily flight to Salt Lake City,” said Andrew Nocella, US Airways’ senior vice president, Marketing and Planning.[/quote]
Service to Salt Lake City will be operated on dual-class, 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The flight schedule for new Salt Lake City service is as follows:
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) ? Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
Flight ? ?Departure ? ?Arrival
306 ? ? ? ?8:25 a.m. ? ? ?2:44 p.m.
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) ? Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
Flight ? ?Departure ? ?Arrival
305 ? ? ? 6:10 p.m. ? ? 9:04 p.m.
With the new service, US Airways will operate 462 weekday departures to 111 destinations from Philadelphia International Airport to destinations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean from Philadelphia.
[box type=”tick”]About US Airways
US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves 195 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide, operates the world’s largest fleet of Airbus aircraft and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers more than 21,900 daily flights to 1,329 airports in 194 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 in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance magazine presented US Airways with the 2012 Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the Year Award for demonstrating outstanding achievement and innovation in the area of technical operations. Military Times Edge magazine named US Airways as a Best of Vets employer in 2011 and 2012. US Airways was, for the third year in a row, the only airline included as one of the 50 best companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine’s 50 Report. The airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index for six consecutive years. The Corporate Equality index is a leading indicator of companies’ attitudes and policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. [/box]