EXHIBIT 99.5

                          CONSENT OF PROPOSED DIRECTOR

         Pursuant to Rule 438 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I hereby consent to be named in the Registration Statement on Form S-1,
and in all subsequent amendments and post-effective amendments or supplements
thereto, including the prospectus contained therein, as a nominee for director
of US Airways Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and to all references to me
in that connection.

                                                /s/ Edward Shapiro
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                                                Name: Edward Shapiro

September 19, 2005