us Airways Brings Barbados to Philadelphia Four Times a Week Beginning This Fall

Daily Frequency to Be Offered During Peak Winter Season

PHILADELPHIA, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) customers will
have more access to beautiful Caribbean beaches this fall and winter as the
airline adds more nonstop flights to Barbados from its Philadelphia hub. US
Airways will fly to Barbados four days a week starting Oct. 1 and then offer
daily service for the winter season beginning Dec. 19. With this new service,
US Airways will offer customers an average of 109 weekly nonstop flights to 14
Caribbean destinations from Philadelphia International Airport during the peak
Caribbean travel season.

Senior Vice President, East Coast, International and Cargo Operations Suzanne
Boda said, "Barbados is a wonderful Caribbean destination and we're thrilled
to expand our selection to it from our hub and international gateway in
Philadelphia. These offerings will allow for great connections at Philadelphia
and will be a fitting addition to existing Barbados service from our largest
hub in Charlotte, N.C."

"We are very excited to once again have increased US Airways service from
Philadelphia to Barbados," said David M. Rice, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Barbados Tourism Authority. "We're looking forward to bringing
more visitors to Barbados from the important U.S. market."

The flying will go on sale this Sunday, July 12, and will be operated by
Airbus A319 aircraft with 12 seats in First Class and 112 in the main cabin.
Customers may book their flight through US Airways' Web site at
www.usairways.com, by calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322 or
through their travel agent. Complete air and hotel vacation packages are also
available through US Airways Vacations at www.usairwaysvacations.com. The
schedule will be:

Routing Flight Frequency Departure Arrival Start Date
------- ------ ---------- --------- ------- ----------
Philadelphia US885 Tues/Thurs 9:45 a.m. 2:31 p.m.** Oct. 1, 2009
- Barbados Sat/Sun*

Barbados - US880 Tues/Thurs 3:40 p.m.** 8:57 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009
Philadelphia Sat/Sun

*Daily beginning Dec. 19, 2009 through April 7, 2010

**Times will show as one hour later from Nov. - Mar. as Barbados does not
observe Daylight Savings Time.

For more information on Barbados, please visit www.visitbarbados.org. For more
information on US Airways, visit www.usairways.com.

SOURCE Barbados Tourism Authority

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