US Airways 2005 Annual Report Download - page 312

Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
US Airways Group, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-129896, 333-129899 and 333-130063 on Form S-3 of US Airways Group,
Inc. and to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-128766 on Form S-8 of US Airways Group, Inc. of our reports dated
March 14, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of US Airways Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2005, management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005, Annual Report on Form
10-K of US Airways Group, Inc.
As discussed in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for major scheduled airframe, engine and
certain component overhaul costs from the deferral method to the direct expense method in 2005.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
March 14, 2006