Exhibit 10.9

THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
US AIRWAYS UNFUNDED EXECUTIVE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT to the US AIRWAYS UNFUNDED EXECUTIVE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN (the "Plan"), is entered into as of the 24th day of June, 2004, by US AIRWAYS, INC. (the "Company").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company established the Plan effective as of October 16, 2003, to provide supplemental retirement benefits for certain executive employees of the Company who were specified as Participants under Exhibit A to the Plan document; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to add Anita P. Beier as a participant in the Plan; and

WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of the Plan provides that the Company (acting through the Human Resources Committee or other persons designated by the Human Resources Committee) may designate additional key management or highly compensated employees to become eligible for the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company does hereby amend the Plan as follows, effective as of May 18, 2004:

1.   As permitted under Section 2.1 of the Plan, Exhibit A to the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and the following shall be substituted in lieu thereof:

EXHIBIT A

US AIRWAYS UNFUNDED EXECUTIVE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

|Name of Participants
With Prior SERPS | Effective Date of 
Participation | End of Participation/
Cash Out Date
|------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -----------------------------------
|N. Bruce Ashby                        | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|B. Ben Baldanza                       | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Jerrold A. Glass                      | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Neal S. Cohen                         | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Alan W. Crellin                       | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|John Prestifilippo                    | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Elizabeth Lanier                      | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|David N. Siegel                       | October 16, 2003                 |                                    

|Name of Participants
Who Do Not Have Prior
SERPS | Effective Date of 
Participation | End of Participation/
Cash Out Date
|------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- | -----------------------------------
|P. Douglas McKeen                                | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|David Davis                                      | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Christopher Chiames                              | October 16, 2003                 |                                    
|Andrew P. Nocella                                | January 26, 2004                 |                                    
|Eilif Serck-Hanssen                              | January 26, 2004                 |                                    
|Anita P. Beier                                   | May 18, 2004                     |                                    

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2.

Except as specifically set forth above, the terms of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect as prior to this Third Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Third Amendment to the Plan to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

US AIRWAYS, INC.

By: Elizabeth Lanier
                                           Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel 
                                           and Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary

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