TEMPE, Ariz., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways Group, Inc., , today announced that Brad Beakley has been named vice president, reservations and inventory services. In his new position, Beakley, 38, will oversee worldwide reservations, customer call centers and inventory services, which provides the intermediary between front line reservations, airport operations and revenue management. Beakley previously held the position of managing director, revenue management at US Airways.
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The airline also appointed Tom Trenga, 41, to the position of vice president, revenue management. Trenga's new responsibilities include managing the airline's revenue management functions, including pricing and tariffs, yield management and revenue analysis. Trenga was previously a managing director in the airline's revenue management department. Both executives replace current open positions, so with these two appointments the total number of officer level positions at the airline remains at 36.
"We are extremely fortunate to have a strong team comprised of employees from both the former America West and US Airways who possess broad experience and the ability to take on larger roles," said Scott Kirby, US Airways' executive vice president, sales and marketing. "Both of these executives bring technical expertise to their respective areas of responsibility as well as a high level of excitement for the new US Airways."
Prior to joining US Airways in 2003 Beakley spent more than 10 years in revenue management related positions at American Airlines, SABRE and AMR Services. He began his career at American working in reservations. Beakley holds a bachelor's of business administration from Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas.
Trenga joined US Airways merger partner America West Airlines in 1996 as a route planning and scheduling analyst. Throughout his tenure with America West he has served as director, Internet distribution, senior director, pricing and tariffs and senior director, yield management. Tom holds a master of business administration from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. and a bachelor of arts in economics from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
US Airways and America West's recent merger creates the fifth largest domestic airline employing nearly 35,000 aviation professionals. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express operate approximately 3,800 flights per day and serve more than 230 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. This press release and additional information on US Airways can be found at http://www.usairways.com/ or http://www.americawest.com/. (LCCG)
US Airways is a member of the Star Alliance, which was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer customers worldwide reach and a smooth travel experience. Star Alliance was voted Best Airline Alliance by Skytrax in 2003 and 2005. The members are Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, bmi, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Spanair, TAP Portugal, THAI, United, US Airways and VARIG Brazilian Airlines. South African Airways and SWISS will be integrated during the first half of 2006. Regional member carriers Adria Airways (Slovenia), Blue1 (Finland) and Croatia Airlines enhance the global network. Overall, Star Alliance offers more than 15,000 daily flights to 790 destinations in 138 countries.
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