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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>2. Special Items, Net</b>
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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Special items, net as shown on the condensed consolidated statements of operations included
the following charges (in millions):
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6"><b>Three Months</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Ended March 31,</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other costs
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<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Aircraft costs (a)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td> </td>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Special items, net
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td> </td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
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<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">(a)</td>
<td> </td>
<td>
<div style="text-align: justify">In the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company recorded $5 million in aircraft
costs as a result of capacity reductions.
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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>2. Special Items, Net</b>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Special items, net as shown on the condensed consolidated statements of operations included
the following charges (in millions):
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6"><b>Three Months</b></td>
<td> </td>
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<tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Ended March 31,</b></td>
<td> </td>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other costs
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Aircraft costs (a)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Special items, net
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
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<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
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<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="96%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">(a)</td>
<td> </td>
<td>
<div style="text-align: justify">In the three months ended March 31, 2010, US Airways recorded $5 million in aircraft costs
as a result of capacity reductions.
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