The FINANCIAL -- US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) on September 3 announced August and year-to-date 2010 traffic results.

According to US Airways, mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.5 billion, up 0.6 percent versus August 2009. Mainline capacity was 6.5 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.2 percent versus August 2009. Mainline passenger load factor was 85.2 percent for the month of August, down 0.5 points versus August 2009.

US Airways President Scott Kirby said, "Our August consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 15 percent versus the same period last year, while total revenue per available seat mile also increased approximately 15 percent on a year-over-year basis.

"In addition, we would like to thank our 31,000 team members for doing an exceptional job of taking care of ourcustomers during the busy summer travel season. As a result of their hard work, US Airways posted back-to-back first place finishes in both on-time performance and customer satisfaction among the top five network carriers as measured by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for May and June. We look forward to maintaining this momentum as we head into the fall."

For the month, US Airways' preliminary on-time performance as reported to the DOT was 85.0 percent with a completion factor of 99.2 percent.

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