U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE:LCC) reported an 1.8 percent year-over-year enlarge in traffic preceding month and passenger traffic was up close to 1 percent. Almost 4.46 million passengers were on US Airways flights at some stage in May, a 0.9 percent enlarges compared to 4.42 million in May 2009, the airline said Thursday.

The airline, one of six carriers at Piedmont Triad global Airport, flew 5.2 billion income passenger miles last month, up 1.8 percent from May 2009. Revenue passenger miles are a key airline industry measure of a carrier’s traffic.

The carrier’s passenger-load factor, or percentage of filled spaces, was a record 82.9 percent, the airline said.

Capacity was up 1.7 percent year-over-year to 6.3 billion obtainable seat miles.

Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways (NYSE:LCC) operate 3,000 flights per daytime to 190 destinations in the Americas and Europe.

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An Australian budget airline has announced that it will recommend Apple iPads for rent as a new in-flight entertainment system

Apple iPads will be obtainable for Australian budget airline passengers to rent, Quantas-owned Jetstar has announced. In a trial that will launch afterward this month, Australian Jetstar will bid iPads, pre-loaded with movies, TV, books, music and games, for $10 (£5.70) on choose flights.

Jetstar marketing general manager David May told The Australian that the first two-week trial would be on domestic flights longer than an hour. Thirty units would be on every test aircraft.

The airline has said that the service will use a mixture of Australian in-flight entertainment service provider Stellar In-flight and UK-based Blue box Avionics to expand custom software for the iPad.

London-based Blue box first demonstrated its iPad software at the Hamburg Aircraft Interiors demonstrate last Month, and had formerly said that it was not likely to be in planes until July.

Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan said the airline was anticipating a excellent response to the offering.

Boeing's business in Russia may lastly be taking off with a new multibillion-dollar agreement.

Boeing won a multibillion-dollar contract to build as numerous as 65 planes for a Russian state airline, beating off rival bids from Europe's Airbus and a Russian supplier. It will deliver 50 midrange planes with a choice for 15 more. Specifics of the planes to be purchased will be decided in the close to future, according to Russian Technologies.

The Boeing deal is especially important because Russia has pressured domestic carriers to buy Russian planes to revive the domestic aviation division. Andrew Somers, president and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, says the contract shows that excellent politics is good business. I think it's a large coup for Boeing, because it's not only Russian manufacturers but other foreign manufacturers, so Boeing won on this one. It reflects ongoing efforts to stimulate trade between the two countries.