=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2002/12/19/f= inancial0157EST0010.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, December 19, 2002 (AP) Midway to resume flying by Jan. 1 (12-19) 22:57 PST RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Midway Airlines will be back in the air Jan. 1. as a feeder airline for = US Airways Express, under an agreement reached in federal bankruptcy court Thursday. The Morrisville, N.C.-based carrier, which has been grounded since July 17, will resume operations with flights from Raleigh-Durham International airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Midway plans to have up to 18 jets in the air under the banner of US Airways Express by the end of the second quarter of 2003. Bankrupt US Airways will sell tickets on flights operated by Midway and will provide reservation, ground support and other services for the regional jet service. US Airways will pay Midway for two years of service up front, then begin monthly payments for the remainder of the 10-year service agreement. Details of US Airways' payments to Midway were deleted from the bankruptcy filings. Midway, which filed for bankruptcy, signed on with US Airways in July as its last chance for survival and subsequently suspended flight operations. At that time, Midway laid off most of its remaining staff, which was down to several hundred from 2,500 last summer. In July, officials said some pilots, flight attendants and mechanics wou= ld be called back to work when the airline resumes flights. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 AP