US Airways 2008 Annual Report Download - page 31

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Approximate
Internal Floor
Principal Properties
Description Area (sq. ft.) Nature of Ownership
Maintenance and technical support facility
at Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Airport Four hangar bays, hangar shops, office space, warehouse and commissary facilities 375,000 Lease expires September 2019.
Training facility — Charlotte, NC Classroom training facilities and twelve full flight simulator bays 159,000 Lease expires June 2017.
Flight Training and Systems Operations
Control Center, Phoenix, AZ
Complex accommodates training facilities,
systems operation control and crew scheduling
functions 164,000 Lease expires February 2031.
Operations Control Center — Pittsburgh,
PA Complex accommodates systems operation control and crew scheduling functions 70,000
Facility owned, land lease
expires March 2029.
In addition, we lease an aggregate of approximately 217,000 square feet of data center, office and warehouse space in Tempe and
Phoenix, AZ.
Space for ticket counters, gates and back offices has been obtained at each of the other airports in which we operate, either by lease
from the airport operator or by sublease or handling agreement from another airline.
Terminal Construction Projects
We use public airports for our flight operations under lease arrangements with the government entities that own or control these
airports. Airport authorities frequently require airlines to execute long-term leases to assist in obtaining financing for terminal and facility
construction. Any future requirements for new or improved airport facilities and passenger terminals at airports in which our airline
subsidiaries operate could result in additional occupancy costs and long-term commitments.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
On September 12, 2004, US Airways Group and its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the "Reorganized Debtors") filed voluntary
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,
Alexandria Division (Case Nos. 04-13819-SSM through 03-13823-SSM) (the "2004 Bankruptcy"). On September 16, 2005, the
Bankruptcy Court issued an order confirming the plan of reorganization submitted by the Reorganized Debtors and on September 27,
2005, the Reorganized Debtors emerged from the 2004 Bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy Court's order confirming the plan included a
provision called the plan injunction, which forever bars other parties from pursuing most claims against the Reorganized Debtors that
arose prior to September 27, 2005 in any forum other than the Bankruptcy Court. The great majority of these claims are pre-petition
claims that, if paid out at all, will be paid out in common stock of the post-bankruptcy US Airways Group at a fraction of the actual claim
amount.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2008.
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