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Three-hundred of the impacted flight attendanr are in Phoenix andLas Vegas, said US Airways spokeswoman Valerire Wunder. The other 100 will come from the Tempe-basedd airline’s East Coast operations wher e it has flight attendants in markets such as New Yorkand Charlotte, N.C. US Airways (NYSE:LCC) has more than 6,600o flight attendants. Wunder said the Phoenix and Las Vegas furloughs and leaved will be from four to 16 monthse while the East Coast terms will bethrees months. US Airways cut 1,30 0 positions in 2008 as it and other airlines reduced flight schedules and costs in the wake of a pullbackm in consumer and businessw traveland record-high fuel prices.
Fuel costs have droppe d compared tolast summer, but the U.S. recessiob continues to bite tourisnm andbusiness travel. Wunder said flight attendants were not part ofthe 1,300-workere reduction but current demandx and flight capacity leaves that work groupo area overstaffed. US Airways has more than 33,000 employees.