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US AIRWAYS NAMES NEW VICE
PRESIDENT OF INFLIGHT SERVICES
TEMPE, Ariz., March 26, 2009 - US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today announced
that Hector E. Adler will join the airline as vice president of Inflight
Services effective April 1.
Adler brings 35 years of airline and inflight services experience to US
Airways, and will oversee the airline's 6,600 flight attendants. He will
also oversee the airline's inflight dining department and will lead all
facets of onboard products and services. In his new position, which is
subject to approval by the company's board of directors, Adler will
report to Captain Ed Bular, senior vice president, Flight Operations and
InFlight.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Hector to this key position," said
Captain Bular. "Hector brings extensive global inflight services
experience to US Airways, and has been a part of both start-up and
established airline cultures. He began his career as a line flight
attendant and this experience, coupled with his diverse background, will
provide excellent leadership for our amazing flight attendant team."
Adler most recently served as senior vice president, Guest Experience
for the former Eos Airlines where he was responsible for the onboard and
airport experience. Prior to this Adler was vice president, InFlight
Services for Northwest Airlines where he was responsible for onboard
service operations, including catering services and product development,
and where he had direct line management of more than 10,000 flight
attendants. Before that Adler worked for United Airlines as a director
of International InFlight Services. Prior to his work at United, Adler
was vice president of InFlight and Dining Services at Pan American World
Airways, responsible for all cabin service operations, including
catering services in the U.S., Europe, Africa and South America. He
started his career as a flight attendant with American Airlines and held
a variety of positions with the carrier over a 15-year period, the last
being regional manager of International Flight Service.
Adler earned a Master of Arts in Literature from New York University and
a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from City University of New York. He
is fluent in Spanish and Italian and conversational in French and
Portugese.
US Airways was America's number one on-time airline in 2008 among the
"Big Six" hub-and-spoke airlines according to the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. US Airways,
along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than
3,200 flights per day and serves 200 communities in the U.S., Canada,
Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The airline employs nearly
34,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star
Alliance network, which offers our customers more than 16,500 daily
flights to 912 destinations in 159 countries worldwide. And for the
tenth consecutive year, the airline received a Diamond Award for
maintenance training excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) for its Charlotte, North Carolina hub line maintenance facility.
For more company information, visit usairways.com. (LCCG)
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