US Airways Shuttle

Infobox Airline
airline = US Airways Shuttle

logo_size = 120
fleet_size = 6
destinations = Washington, D.C.
New York
Boston
IATA = US
ICAO = AWE
callsign = CACTUS
parent = US Airways Group, Inc.
company_slogan = Fly with "US".
founded = 1961 (as Eastern Air Shuttle)
headquarters = Tempe, Arizona
key_people = Doug Parker (CEO)
Derek Kerr (CFO)
Scott Kirby (President)
frequent_flyer = Dividend Miles
lounge = US Airways Club
alliance = Star Alliance
website = [http://www.usairways.com/ USAirways.com]

US Airways Shuttle is the brand for an hourly service offered by US Airways between Boston, New York, and Washington.

The shuttle has various food and beverage offerings that include:
* Breakfast snack served on morning flights before 9 a.m. on business days
* Complimentary soft drinks, juices, tea, and coffee
* Complimentary beer and wine after 10 a.m.

First class service is available on all Shuttle flights. Complimentary spirits are offered in addition to the coach offerings.

History

The US Airways Shuttle was formerly operated as Shuttle, Inc. in conjunction with a syndicate of 22 banks led by Citigroup who obtained control of the company after a failed buyout by real estate mogul Donald Trump. Trump purchased the shuttle from Eastern Airlines in 1989. It was operated as the Trump Shuttle from June 7 1989 until 1990 when the company's loans defaulted, and ownership passed to Trump's bank partners, lead by Citigroup.

Unable to sell the operation outright to Northwest Airlines, American Airlines, or USAir Group, the banks negotiated a complex marketing arrangement in which USAir Group would assume 40% ownership and agree to manage the operation for ten years, including fares, financial record keeping, advertising, promotions, aircraft maintenance, and labor relations. The same agreement gave USAir an option to purchase the entire shuttle operation on or after October 10, 1996 with an exclusive right to do so until April 10, 1997. On April 7, 1992 Trump Shuttle ceased to exist when it was merged into a new corporation, Shuttle, Inc., which began operating as the USAir Shuttle on April 12.

US Airways Group, as US Air Group is now known, subsequently announced the purchase of the remainder of Shuttle, Inc. on November 19, 1997, and the service has operated since then under the US Airways Shuttle name. Shuttle, Inc. remained as a subsidiary of US Airways Group until July 1, 2000, when it was merged into US Airways. US Airways has since repainted their aircraft to remove the "Shuttle" part from the name.

City pairs

*New York-LaGuardia to Boston
*New York-LaGuardia to Washington-Reagan
*Boston to Washington-Reagan

huttle Competition

US Airways Shuttle competes with several other airlines in the following "shuttle" markets:

*Delta Air Lines' Delta Shuttle:
**New York-LaGuardia to Boston
**New York-LaGuardia to Washington-Reagan
*Delta Connection operated by Comair
**Boston to Washington-Reagan

*American Airlines operated by American Eagle:
**Boston to New York-LaGuardia
**Boston to Washington-Reagan
**New York-LaGuardia to Washington-Reagan

Fleet

Passenger

The US Airways Shuttle is operated by US Airways utilizing 6 A319 aircraft.

Retired

*Airbus A-320 [http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Airways-Shuttle/Airbus-A320-214/0272035/M/]
*Boeing 727-200 [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0758503/M/]
*Boeing 737-300 [http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Airways-Shuttle/Boeing-737-301/0133854/M/]
*McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0073745/M/]