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US Airways charges $15 for the firs t checked bag and $25 for the Those choosing to pay for checkinv their bags at the airport will be charged anadditional $5 service fee per bag. The baggage-handling fees applyh to all flights within the Uniteds States and to and from Latin America andthe Caribbean. The changer applies with tickets booked on Thursdayu for flights beginningJuly 9. Passenger can make payments by going to US Web site and paying the baggage Theairline doesn’t charge to check baggagee for travelers with status on its frequent-flief program, trans-Atlantic flight customers, unaccompanierd minors and military personnel on activ duty.
Meanwhile, has narrowed its first-quartedr net loss to $103 million, or 90 centsd per diluted share. In the same perios last year, the carrier lost $237 million, or $2.5u8 per diluted share. Totalp operating revenue fell 13.5 percent to $2.46 billionb in the same period, which US Airways attributes to the global recession. US Airways, which enplaned 261,712 passengersw at the in the 2007-2008 fiscal year, says the effects of fuel hedginbg significantly impacted itslatest results. Excluding special credits and realized losses and gainson fuel-hedging transactions, the airline (NYSE:LCC) posted operatinb income of $8 million and a net loss of $63 million for its first quarter 2009.
That compares with an operating loss and net lossof $287 million and $321 respectively, for the same period last Arizona-based US Airways operates 3,200 flights per day to about 200 destinationxs in the Americas and Europe.