US Airways Group said this week its traffic slipped during October as the Tempe-based airline also cut its available capacity.

PHILADELPHIA - US Airways appealed Tuesday to employees to work for free at Philadelphia’s airport over the New Year’s weekend to avoid a repeat of a Christmas fiasco that left the airline with too few workers to fly its planes and process baggage.

Tempe-based US Airways is likely to be first in line for bankruptcy within a year, according to at least one Wall Street analyst. Other industry experts say that's hogwash.

The gloves are off in the war of words over Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines. “US Airways is the worst of all potential merger partners,” Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein told Wall Street analysts in a conference call to discuss the latest round in the increasingly bitter battle.

Five Valley nonprofits each received grants this month from the US Airways.

Tempe-based US Airways Group, Inc. saw its mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for August up 5.3 percent over August 2011, the company stated in a release Wednesday.

After haggling for months over a joint labor contract, pilots for the newly formed US Airways Group said Thursday they will begin a series of protests at airports around the country.

US Airways Group announced a public offering of 26.3 million shares of common stock this week, with the sale expected to close on Monday.

Despite recent difficulties negotiating labor union contracts and the collapse of its $9.8 billion hostile bid for Delta Air Lines, Tempe-based US Airways Group posted the largest gain on the Fortune 500 list, climbing 208 spots to No. 216.

Five Valley nonprofits each received grants this month from the US Airways.

US Airways Group said Thursday its traffic declined slightly in August from the same month a year ago and that fares and other revenue sources remained substantially below last year.

US Airways Group reported weak traffic during March, with revenue passenger miles down 8.9 percent from March 2008.

US Airways may not perform as well financially as it thought following a merger with America West Airlines, the company said in a government filing this week.

US Airways and its 11,000 flight attendants have reached a transition agreement that helps protect the jobs of former America West Airlines employees as work forces at the two carriers are combined over the next two years.

ARLINGTON, Va. - Bankrupt US Airways Group’s losses widened by 8 percent to $191 million in the first three months of 2005 as steep fuel costs and cheap fares undermined the airline’s cost-cutting efforts.

US Airways’ plans to take over bankrupt Delta Airlines are on track and moving full speed ahead, CEO Doug Parker said Wednesday, contradicting a report in a national publication that the Tempe carrier may be backing off.

Tempe-based US Airways said Monday that Al Crellin, executive vice president for operations and the only top level executive remaining from the old US Airways, has resigned.

CHICAGO — United Airlines and US Airways are in very advanced talks with the expectation of announcing within two weeks that they are combining, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday.

ARLINGTON, Va. - Bankrupt US Airways Group reported Friday that its second quarter losses increased from a year ago by 82 percent, to $62 million, as bankruptcy-related items and higher fuel prices wiped away the airline’s savings in labor costs.

Tempe-based US Airways is not daunted or distracted from its mission of merging with Delta Air Lines despite the bankrupt carrier’s attempt to fast-track its stand-alone plan. But stay tuned for the latest volley in an increasingly bitter battle for the air.

CHICAGO - The CEOs of United Airlines and US Airways formally shelved their effort to create the world's largest airline, telling employees on Friday that a combination won't happen "at this time."

Valley passengers can check in at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for a trip that ends in Tokyo or Singapore.

US Airways chief Doug Parker refused to budge this year when his pilots unions asked for a better deal, saying he preferred to combine America West and US Airways pilots’ contracts in a way that didn’t raise costs.

Tempe-based US Airways flew a few more planes but a lot more passengers in January than a year earlier.