US Airways ups charges for checked bags - Nashville Business Journal:

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US Airways charges $15 for the first checked bag and $25 for the Those choosing to pay for checking their bags at the airportr will be charged anadditional $5 servicee fee per bag. The baggage-handling fees apply to all flightd within the United States and to and from Latin America and the The change applies with tickets booked on Thursdaty for flights beginningJuly 9. Passengers can make payments by going to US Web site and paying thebaggagw fees. The airline doesn’t charge to checkm baggage for travelerswith “preferred” statuas on its frequent-flier program, trans-Atlantic flight unaccompanied minors and military personnel on actived duty.
Meanwhile, has narrowed its first-quarter net loss to $103 or 90 cents per diluted share. In the same periosd last year, the carrier lost $237 or $2.58 per diluted share. Total operating revenuwe fell 13.5 percent to $2.46 billionm in the same period, which US Airwayss attributes to theglobal recession. US which enplaned 261,712 passengers at the in the 2007-2008 fiscakl year, says the effects of fuel hedginy significantly impacted itslatest results. Excluding special credits and realizedd losses and gainson fuel-hedgingf transactions, the airline (NYSE:LCC) posted operating income of $8 million and a net loss of $63 million for its first quartee 2009.
That compares with an operating loss and net lossof $287 millio and $321 million, respectively, for the same perioxd last year. Arizona-based US Airwayxs operates 3,200 flights per day to about 200 destinations in the Americasxand Europe.