OFFICIAL: US Airways and Delta Swap LGA Terminals

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US Airways Announces Slot Transaction with Delta Air Lines

Transaction Highlights:

* US Airways will obtain 42 pairs of slots (roundtrip flights) at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport and will acquire the rights to expand to Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
* US Airways will transfer to Delta 125 pairs of slots currently used to provide US Airways Express service at LaGuardia.
* US Airways will maintain a significant presence at LaGuardia Airport including the popular, business-friendly US Airways Shuttle. No changes are planned for US Airways’ mainline flight levels at LaGuardia.
* US Airways expects the transaction to improve its profitability by more than $75 million annually.


TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--US Airways (NYSE: LCC - News) today announced a transaction with Delta Air Lines that will allow US Airways to expand service at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and enter key business centers in Brazil and Japan. US Airways will obtain 42 pairs of Delta’s slots at DCA and acquire the rights to expand to Tokyo, Japan and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Simultaneously, US Airways will transfer 125 pairs of its slots to Delta at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA). One slot equals one takeoff or landing; so one pair of slots equals one roundtrip flight.

US Airways will retain a significant presence at LGA. The reduction in flying necessitated by the transfer of LGA slots will be accomplished through reductions in US Airways Express flying. The airline does not plan to make any changes to mainline flight levels, including its popular US Airways Shuttle service with hourly flights from New York to Boston and Washington. After the transaction is complete, US Airways will be the third largest carrier at LGA (based on peak day departures) and will operate up to 72 peak-day flights.

“We are very excited about today's announcement which presents an excellent opportunity to strengthen our network while bringing more jet air service to smaller communities from our nation's capital," said US Airways Chairman and CEO Doug Parker. "This transaction will improve US Airways’ near and long-term profitability to the benefit of our employees, our customers, the communities we serve, and our shareholders.”
The transaction is structured as two simultaneous asset sales and is expected to be cash neutral to US Airways. US Airways estimates the transaction will improve profitability by more than $75 million annually.

Washington, D.C.
“This is great news for travelers to and from the Washington, D.C. region,” said US Airways Senior Vice President, Marketing and Planning Andrew Nocella. “After the transaction is complete, US Airways will provide nonstop service from DCA to 15 new daily destinations, and to further ensure continuity for air travelers, we also plan to maintain existing service today to all DCA destinations that Delta may discontinue as a result of this transaction.”

The 15 new destinations US Airways will serve from DCA after this transaction include seven markets that currently have service to/from DCA today (Cincinnati, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Madison, Wis.; Montreal, Canada; Miami, Fla.; and Ottawa, Canada), as well as eight cities that currently have no daily nonstop service to/from DCA at this time (Birmingham, Ala.; Islip, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Pensacola, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; and Tallahassee, Fla.).

Nocella continued, "We also plan to increase the number of seats we fly at DCA by using larger dual-class jets. This will increase capacity in a dense market, where demand continues to be brisk, without the negative effects of additional congestion."

US Airways will operate 229 peak-day departures at DCA. Following full implementation of the new schedule, the airline anticipates its passenger enplanements at DCA will increase by 30 to 35 percent as a result of the new flights and use of larger aircraft. However, there will be no increase in net flight activity at DCA due to Delta’s reduction in slots.
US Airways’ expanded presence at DCA will create approximately 100 new US Airways jobs that will be allocated to DCA and throughout the new regions where the airline is starting service.

Access to Sao Paulo and Tokyo
US Airways will also acquire from Delta the rights to operate daily service at two of the world’s most important business destinations – Sao Paulo, Brazil and Tokyo, Japan. These two cities will complement US Airways’ existing portfolio of more than 50 international destinations in more than 30 countries and territories across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean.

Nocella elaborated on the carrier’s anticipated access to those markets, “Sao Paulo and Tokyo will bolster our international growth plans for South America and Asia, and this transaction provides a unique opportunity to expand into two prominent international business markets where US Airways would otherwise not be able to operate.”

With today’s transaction, US Airways has acquired the rights to serve Sao Paulo; and anticipates starting service to Sao Paulo in the second half of next year. The airline’s plan to begin daily Charlotte-Rio de Janeiro service this December remains unchanged. US Airways will be working with governmental authorities in both countries to assist it in securing additional authority to permit daily flights between Charlotte and both Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

The Tokyo service is tentatively scheduled to operate from US Airways’ Phoenix hub using Airbus 330-200 aircraft. It will require various government approvals and will be contingent upon economic conditions at the time. The airline does not anticipate starting Tokyo service until 2012 or later.

LaGuardia
US Airways will maintain a significant operation at LGA and plans to operate up to 72 peak-day flights, making it the airport’s third largest carrier (based on peak day departures). Mainline flight levels will not be reduced, and the airline will continue to operate its popular US Airways Shuttle with hourly service to Washington, D.C. and Boston, as well as service to Charlotte and Wilmington, N.C. and Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, Penn.

US Airways Shuttle at LGA will operate out of the Marine Air Terminal while service to Charlotte, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Wilmington will operate from terminal D. The move to the Marine Air Terminal is expected to occur in early 2010, and US Airways intends to make enhancements to meet the needs of Shuttle customers.

With 125 fewer slot pairs at LGA, US Airways plans to discontinue service to 26 Express destinations served from LGA. In a separate announcement made earlier today, Delta Air Lines communicated its intent with regard to the 125 slot pairs transferred to it by US Airways.

The reduction in Express flying at LGA will result in the need for approximately 300 fewer employees at US Airways’ wholly owned regional carrier, Piedmont Airlines. Piedmont CEO Steve Farrow said, "While this is good news for our parent company, US Airways, it is very disappointing news for the Piedmont team. Our employees have done an excellent job of providing service to US Airways and its customers. We understand the need to optimize assets, though, and we will ensure that all affected Piedmont employees are treated fairly."

Piedmont/AWAC/Colgan/Chatauqua - what happens to us?
 
Hasta la vista? What will Delta do with the 125 new slots? Freedom/Comair LGA base? Then again they are running away from regionals like the plague.

Good luck with that Marcus. Like USairways if DAL does not operate mainline equipment into LGA they will also lose money hand over fist. The fact of the matter is LGA express operations along with DCA are losing money daily. Thus the reason Kirby and his team are more then willing to pull out the express operations out of LGA. At the end of the day I see this as good news for USairways and DAL.
 
Piedmont/AWAC/Colgan/Chatauqua - what happens to us?

USairways has said from last fall they are pulling all express operations down to contract mins. I would assume block hours will continue to be that. However the fact of the matter is PDT is losing 7 more planes. This is a perfect way for them to reduce that capacity and thus have fewer express flights in the system.

The only thing I do not understand is after doing such a thing they announce they will increase 15 new routes on the express system with routes into DCA. They announced last week ALL DCA/LGA express operations lose money. And thus anything with EXPRESS on the aircraft were losing money. So who knows what will happen. I would venture out to say contract carriers will be flown at the fewest hours they can fly them at. And the wholly owns get hosed by PDT's loss of planes.
 
Nope...can you say no more LGA base for us AWACers. Thank goodness I am in DCA.

I think you will still have a LGA base. RDU would make more sense for AWAC to close first would it not? Also the number of flights out of LGA I think for AWAC will be around the same. I just see them pulling out PDT/PSA and a few others. Do not most of AWAC's LGA flying just orginate and end out of LGA anyways? I have a buddy who's based in LGA and it seems he just starts and ends there and nothing more really? Always in PHL and DCA rather then LGA?
 
Cracks me up that those of us supposedly 'in the know' found out via yahoo finance this morning several hours ago...where SF was QUOTED and yet nothing was on the employee website until 11:30 am. What a bunch of clowns.
 
I think you will still have a LGA base. RDU would make more sense for AWAC to close first would it not? Also the number of flights out of LGA I think for AWAC will be around the same. I just see them pulling out PDT/PSA and a few others. Do not most of AWAC's LGA flying just orginate and end out of LGA anyways? I have a buddy who's based in LGA and it seems he just starts and ends there and nothing more really? Always in PHL and DCA rather then LGA?

There isn't enough room to support the amount of flights that would require AWAC to maintain a base there.

Colgan owns their own slots in LGA. I wonder what they will do with their 12.
 
There isn't enough room to support the amount of flights that would require AWAC to maintain a base there.

Colgan owns their own slots in LGA. I wonder what they will do with their 12.

How do you know there would not be enough room for AWAC to keep a base there? I was unaware anything specific was published? If there are still going to be mainline flights into LGA and keep it as a hub, there will still be a need to feed that hub. Would there not?
 
Well above it says Shuttle to the MAT. Mainline flights to the hubs will be out of terminal D. Delta will use all of the express gates they use now by the blast fence I would assume.

I could be wrong. I personally think Airways will want those jets elsewhere.
 
Cracks me up that those of us supposedly 'in the know' found out via yahoo finance this morning several hours ago...where SF was QUOTED and yet nothing was on the employee website until 11:30 am. What a bunch of clowns.

You're not alone.

My wife found out she was being furloughed involuntarily for three days by the local news paper.

Took her boss and his boss 36 hours to send out an e-mail to the staff. Chodes.
 
USAir is not only drawing down at LGA. I spoke with an old friend with an '85 hire date. He will most likely be back on reserve on the 737 in CLT. Lots of lost time in CLT and PHL. He said the company is looking to return 10 757s to leasors.

Anywhere else he would be a line-holding wide body Capt with an '85 hire date.
 
Q4. Where will we be canceling flights to/from LGA?
We will be discontinuing service from LGA to 26 Express destinations. These are:
Albany, NY Hyannis, MA Raleigh / Durham, NC
Baltimore, MD Indianapolis, IN Richmond, VA
Bangor, ME Ithaca, NY Roanoke, VA
Buffalo, NY Louisville, KY Rochester, NY
Burlington, VT Manchester, NH Savannah, GA
Charleston, SC Martha’s Vineyard, MA Syracuse, NY
Charlottesville, VA Nantucket, MA
Columbus, OH Norfolk, VA
Dayton, OH Portland, ME
Greensboro, NC Providence, RI
 
Here's the Delta release

In recent years, Delta has taken a number of steps and made major investments to solidify its commitment to New York, the world’s largest and most competitive air service market. From the addition of more than 30 new international routes at JFK and the creation of more than 2,000 jobs across the state to significant investments in New York marketing and advertising, we have boosted Delta’s economic impact in the tri-state region to more than $13 billion annually.
Today, we are announcing the next major milestone in our commitment to New York: An agreement with US Airways that will allow us to build a domestic hub at LaGuardia by expanding our slots and facilities and increasing the number of customers we serve. The agreement, which will exchange some of our flying rights at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for US Airways’ rights at LaGuardia, would allow more than two million additional passengers to transit New York’s preferred domestic airport each year without adding congestion or increasing the total number of takeoffs and landings.
While more than 40 percent of US Airways’ current LaGuardia schedule is operated with small turboprops, Delta plans to use the same limited airport takeoff and landing rights to operate a schedule with all slots occupied by jet aircraft. This improved efficiency will not only increase the total capacity flown from LaGuardia, but also will result in service upgrades for customers in numerous small- and medium-sized communities throughout upstate New York and New England where Delta will operate larger regional and mainline jets.
Once the transaction is approved, Delta and US Airways will swap gates at LaGuardia between the Marine Air Terminal and US Airways’ Terminal C to consolidate all Delta operations - including the Delta Shuttle - into an expanded main terminal facility. This transition, which will add 11 gates to Delta’s LaGuardia operations, includes a nearly $40 million construction project to connect the current Delta and US Airways main terminals; rebrand US Airways’ existing main terminal gates, ticket counters and lounges to Delta’s standards; and create a new dedicated check-in area for Medallion, First Class, BusinessElite and Shuttle customers.
At Reagan National, Delta will continue to maintain numerous daily frequencies to our seven hubs, hourly shuttle service to LaGuardia and flights to select small communities. It also is important to note that this transaction in no way affects our plans to continue investing in JFK, New York’s leading international airport.
In the coming months, we will keep you informed as we complete the key steps of this process. Both Delta and US Airways will submit the transaction for review by the U.S. Department of Justice, together with applications for approval by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation. We expect this process to be complete in early 2010.
While today’s announcement marks another major step forward in our Flight Plan goal to position Delta as the leading airline in New York City, there is much work to do to achieve long-term success in the world’s most competitive aviation market. Delta’s efforts to win in New York have not gone unnoticed and we remain determined to succeed here for the good of our employees, shareholders and customers.
Despite the many pressures we face in today’s economic climate, Delta is not standing still. We continue to make smart business decisions today to ensure we are positioned for even greater success when the economy recovers.
Thank you for all you do.
 
Q4. Where will we be canceling flights to/from LGA?
We will be discontinuing service from LGA to 26 Express destinations. These are:
Albany, NY Hyannis, MA Raleigh / Durham, NC
Baltimore, MD Indianapolis, IN Richmond, VA
Bangor, ME Ithaca, NY Roanoke, VA
Buffalo, NY Louisville, KY Rochester, NY
Burlington, VT Manchester, NH Savannah, GA
Charleston, SC Martha’s Vineyard, MA Syracuse, NY
Charlottesville, VA Nantucket, MA
Columbus, OH Norfolk, VA
Dayton, OH Portland, ME
Greensboro, NC Providence, RI

Ouch, that list has all the places we fly the Saab to. Guess that's it for LGA.
 
Q4. Where will we be canceling flights to/from LGA?
We will be discontinuing service from LGA to 26 Express destinations. These are:
Albany, NY Hyannis, Ithaca, NY Manchester, NH Martha’s Vineyard, MA Syracuse, NY Charlottesville, VA Nantucket, MA

I cant keep up with the CJC Airways routes, but if you take away those, is there anything left?!??!

And since those are Colgan slots Im guessing they will just sell them off? Wasnt till yesterday that I realized we needed to raise another $10mil before February to pay off debts.
 
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