US Airways Reports Record December Load Factor

[USA320Pilot]

US Airways Reports Record December Load Factor

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US Airways demand, revenue climbs in December

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US Airways Employees Deliver Outstanding Operations for Customers - Airline Delivers Best-Ever Fourth Quarter and December Performance

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US Airways traffic rises 3.6 percent in December as more passengers flew during holidays

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[LD3]

US Airways Employees Deliver Outstanding Operations for Customers - Airline Delivers Best-Ever Fourth Quarter and December Performance.

The heart and soul of the airline.....Congrats to all the employees, without you the airline is nothing!!!!!

 

[Move2CLT]

Nice job easties. Looks like that injunction straightened you out.



TEMPE, Ariz. , Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers flying on US Airways (NYSE:LCC - News) between October and December 2011 were treated to the airline's best-ever fourth quarter operational performance. In addition, US Airways finished the year with an outstanding operational performance, including the Company's best December in on-time, completion factor, baggage handling and departure performance during the busy holiday travel season. Several factors contributed to the performance, including extensive planning for heavier-than-usual numbers of passengers, a focus on making sure flights departed on time, good weather, and, most notably, a "can-do" attitude from the airline's employees, who took care of more than two million customers who flew with US Airways between Dec. 22 and Jan. 1 .
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"Our performance during the often-challenging holiday travel season helped to make the holidays joyful and stress-free for more than two million people who traveled with us during this time," said US Airways' Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Robert Isom . "Such an accomplishment would not have been possible without the hard work of all 32,000 US Airways employees or the support from our Express partners, which ran equally impressive operations that beat previous seasons."
From Dec. 22 through Jan. 1 , US Airways' mainline flights set a new completion record for the airline with 99.6 percent of scheduled flights completing their mission. These flights arrived on-time (within 14 minutes of schedule) 86.5 percent of the time while averaging an 83.9 percent load factor (seats occupied). Bags were another success story with only 2.77 mishandled bags per 1,000 enplanements. Additionally, the airline saw a 60 percent decrease in the number of calls from customers to its reservations center help desks compared with the same timeframe in 2010. Employees at US Airways' help desks assist customers whose travel plans have been disrupted.
The airline's performance during the holiday travel season caps off its best fourth quarter operational performance in on-time arrivals, departures, completion factor and baggage handling. From October through December 2011 , both US Airways and US Airways Express partners cancelled fewer flights and mainline arrived on-time more often than any other quarter for the year and more than any other fourth quarter in the airline's history. During this time US Airways also achieved three days with zero mainline flight cancellations, or 100 percent completion factor. Highlights of the fourth quarter include a mainline completion factor of 99.4 percent and on-time arrival performance of 86.4 percent.

 

[USA320Pilot]

US Airways Employees Deliver Outstanding Holiday Operational Performance for Our Customers: January 5, 2012

TEMPE (US Daily) - Travelers flying on US Airways this holiday season were treated to the airline’s best-ever holiday operational performance. Several factors contributed to the performance, including extensive planning for heavier-than-usual numbers of passengers, a focus on making sure flights departed on time, good weather, and, most notably, a “can-do” attitude from our employees, while taking care of more than two million customers who flew with US between Dec. 22 and Jan. 1.

Our mainline flights set a new completion record with a completion factor of 99.6%. These flights had an A14 of 86.5% all while averaging an 83.9 % load factor. Bags were another success story with only 2.77 mishandled bags per 1,000 enplanements. Additionally, we saw a 60% decrease in the number of calls from customers to our contact centers compared to the same timeframe last year. Lastly, our performance during the holiday travel season capped off our best operational quarter in our history. From October through December 2011, both mainline and Express cancelled fewer flights and arrived on time more often than any other quarter for the year and more than any other fourth quarter in the our history. During this time we also achieved three days with zero mainline flight cancellations, or 100% completion factor.

Such an accomplishment would not have been possible without the hard work of all 32,000 US Airways employees or the support from our Express partners, which ran equally impressive operations that beat previous seasons.

 

[USA320Pilot]

US Airways ends '11 strong

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[Harry Callahan]

US Airways ends '11 strong

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Can you ever do any more than just post a story :blink:

 

[700UW]

Thats better than is ICT/UCT rants, lol!

 

[nycbusdriver]

Can you ever do any more than just post a story :blink:

Please, be grateful for that. Don't encourage him. Quietly back away and make no sudden moves.

 

[767one]

Nice job easties. Looks like that injunction straightened you out.



TEMPE, Ariz. , Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers flying on US Airways (NYSE:LCC - News) between October and December 2011 were treated to the airline's best-ever fourth quarter operational performance. In addition, US Airways finished the year with an outstanding operational performance, including the Company's best December in on-time, completion factor, baggage handling and departure performance during the busy holiday travel season. Several factors contributed to the performance, including extensive planning for heavier-than-usual numbers of passengers, a focus on making sure flights departed on time, good weather, and, most notably, a "can-do" attitude from the airline's employees, who took care of more than two million customers who flew with US Airways between Dec. 22 and Jan. 1 .
(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120103/LA28814LOGO)
"Our performance during the often-challenging holiday travel season helped to make the holidays joyful and stress-free for more than two million people who traveled with us during this time," said US Airways' Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Robert Isom . "Such an accomplishment would not have been possible without the hard work of all 32,000 US Airways employees or the support from our Express partners, which ran equally impressive operations that beat previous seasons."
From Dec. 22 through Jan. 1 , US Airways' mainline flights set a new completion record for the airline with 99.6 percent of scheduled flights completing their mission. These flights arrived on-time (within 14 minutes of schedule) 86.5 percent of the time while averaging an 83.9 percent load factor (seats occupied). Bags were another success story with only 2.77 mishandled bags per 1,000 enplanements. Additionally, the airline saw a 60 percent decrease in the number of calls from customers to its reservations center help desks compared with the same timeframe in 2010. Employees at US Airways' help desks assist customers whose travel plans have been disrupted.
The airline's performance during the holiday travel season caps off its best fourth quarter operational performance in on-time arrivals, departures, completion factor and baggage handling. From October through December 2011 , both US Airways and US Airways Express partners cancelled fewer flights and mainline arrived on-time more often than any other quarter for the year and more than any other fourth quarter in the airline's history. During this time US Airways also achieved three days with zero mainline flight cancellations, or 100 percent completion factor. Highlights of the fourth quarter include a mainline completion factor of 99.4 percent and on-time arrival performance of 86.4 percent.

Actually the company finally got the fleet in shape for the summer season.......about 5 months behind sched. This is not to take away anything from the performance of all employee groups. It was an oustanding performance.

 

[Move2CLT]

Actually the company finally got the fleet in shape for the summer season.......about 5 months behind sched. This is not to take away anything from the performance of all employee groups. It was an oustanding performance.

And the injunction shut down your BS job action.

But this is not to take away from the performance of the west pilots and the rest of the employee groups.

Record performance in spite of USAPA.

 

[No Land Green]

And the injunction shut down your BS job action.

But this is not to take away from the performance of the west pilots and the rest of the employee groups.

Record performance in spite of USAPA.

Oh and let's not forget my First Officer's that continue to have to call for gate agents, parkers, weight and balance, etc......My hats off to them for keeping the operation moving and having to supervise all these other employee groups.........two ten minute sits 100 feet from the gate last trip alone.......

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

O........two ten minute sits 100 feet from the gate last trip alone.......

How much time and fuel could be saved with self parking systems?

 

[SpinDoc]

Oh and let's not forget my First Officer's that continue to have to call for gate agents, parkers, weight and balance, etc......My hats off to them for keeping the operation moving and having to supervise all these other employee groups.........two ten minute sits 100 feet from the gate last trip alone.......

Okay. You say you are waiting 10 minutes for someone to park your aircraft and get the jetway on the main cabin door. Well, there are many reasons a delay might occur, and unless you have actually worked receipt and dispatch from the ramp or gate level, you will never understand. The first reason is that the US Airways staffing model for ramp and gate is devised to handle "perfect" conditions, meaning that flights depart and arrive exactly as scheduled. This leaves little margin for error, because a ramp or gate crew may be assigned to work more than 1 flight per hour based on those perfect conditions. Now, when you as a pilot "firewall" your plane to show an early arrival, the ramp and gate crews that were assigned to your flight may just be finishing up with dispatch on another flight. Or, the operation is taking diversions or outbound weather and ATC delays. There are so many variables in an airline operation that even the best people with the best software can't overcome the simple fact that staffing models don't work except on an excel spreadsheet.

 

[mrbreeze]

And the injunction shut down your BS job action.

But this is not to take away from the performance of the west pilots and the rest of the employee groups.

Record performance in spite of USAPA.

Wrong again, Einstien,

The Euorpean flying cuts back for the winter ops at about the end of October. Where the alleged slow down is focused is during the summer, while we have the heaviest Euro ops, so, to those who have a brain, excluding you, this data doesn't include flying 30 yr old aircraft across the North Atlantic every day....where the real mechanical problems occur.

Again, you don't have a clue. Your drum beat sux.

breeze

 

[BoeingBoy]

So naturally CLT, with it's vast European ops performed worse than PHL, with it's miniscule European ops... It's amazing how much difference 40-some TA flights can make in a ~1200 flights a day operation :blink: ...

Jim