TEMPE, Arizona - October 28, 2009 - Struggling U.S. Airways said on Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.

It's a major retrenchment, and Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said he hopes it gets the airline making money again.

U.S. Airways Group Inc. said the job cuts will happen in the first half 2010 and will include 600 passenger and ramp service workers, 200 pilots, and about 150 flight attendants. The airline will close crew bases in Las Vegas and at LaGuardia airport in New York on January 31, and in Boston on May 2.

It's also scaling back international flying. It is suspending flying between Philadelphia and London Gatwick; Birmingham, England; Milan, Italy; Shannon, Ireland; and Stockholm. U.S. Airways is also formally giving up its government permission to fly between Philadelphia and Beijing, which it has never used.

The carrier will drop flying in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Wichita, Kansas, and is trimming Las Vegas flights from 64 departures per day to 36.

Once the changes are made, U.S. Airways Group Inc. will do 99% of its flying through three hubs in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Washington, up from its current level of 93%.