US Airways 2006 Annual Report Download - page 28

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In 2006, AWA also renewed the leases on eleven Boeing 737-300 aircraft for three years and one Airbus A320 aircraft for six years, and
US Airways renewed leases on twelve Boeing 757-200 aircraft for periods ranging from five to six years. As of December 31, 2006,
AWA and US Airways had 28 and 86 aircraft, respectively, that have lease expirations prior to the end of 2009. In 2007 and 2008,
US Airways expects to take delivery of an additional 23 Embraer ERJ190 aircraft. Between 2008 and 2010, US Airways Group expects
to take delivery of 37 Airbus aircraft. To modernize our international product and improve the efficiency of our international network, we
were scheduled to begin accepting deliveries of Airbus A350 aircraft in 2011 pursuant to a purchase agreement that US Airways Group,
US Airways and AWA entered into in September 2005 with Airbus. US Airways Group has been notified that the Airbus A350 will be
undergoing significant design changes and will be delivered several years beyond the originally scheduled delivery dates. We are
currently evaluating the revised technical and commercial aspects of the Airbus A350 program.
As of December 31, 2006, US Airways Group had the following jet and regional jet aircraft:
AWA
Owned/
Aircraft Type Avg. Seats Mortgaged(1) Leased(2) Total Avg. Age
A319 124 — 39 39 5.5
A320 150 — 55 55 9.4
B737-300 134 — 27 27 18.4
B757-200 190 — 12 12 20.3
Total 143 — 133 133 11.1
US Airways
Owned/
Aircraft Type Avg. Seats Mortgaged(1) Leased(2) Total Avg. Age
A330-300 266 4 5 9 6.3
A321 169 15 13 28 5.5
A320 147 8 12 20 6.9
A319 124 3 51 54 6.8
B767-200 203 — 10 10 17.4
B757-200 193 3 31 34 15.3
B737-400 144 — 40 40 16.8
B737-300 126 — 29 29 18.9
ERJ 190 99 2 — 2 0.0
Total 155 35 191 226 11.7
(1) All owned aircraft are pledged as collateral for various secured financing agreements.
(2) The terms of the leases expire between 2007 and 2024.
As of December 31, 2006, US Airways Group's wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries operated the following turboprop and
regional jet aircraft:
Average Seat Average
Aircraft Type Capacity Owned Leased(1) Total Age (years)
CRJ-700 70 7 7 14 2.3
CRJ-200 50 12 23 35 2.8
De Havilland Dash 8-300 50 — 11 11 15.3
De Havilland Dash 8-100 37 33 11 44 16.2
Total 47 52 52 104 9.8
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