Finance and Economic

US Airways Group Inc. reports a nearly 6.2 percent decrease in mainline passenger traffic for January.

The airline flew 4.35 billion revenue passenger miles last month, down from 4.64 billion in January 2007.

The carrier’s mainline passenger-load factor, or percentage of filled seats, was 75.8 percent, up from from 75.2 percent in the year-ago period.

Mainline capacity fell 6 cash advance loans.9 percent to 5.74 billion available seat miles.

Arizona-based US Airways (NYSE:LCC) operates 3,100 flights per day to about 200 destinations in the Americas and Europe, including flights out of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

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