Amendment No. 9 to the Amended and Restated Airbus A320 Family Aircraft Purchase Agreement dated as of October 2, 2007 between AIRBUS S.A.S. and US AIRWAYS, INC.

Exhibit 10.23

Amendment No. 9

to the

Amended and Restated Airbus A320 Family Aircraft Purchase Agreement

dated as of October 2, 2007

between

AIRBUS S.A.S.

and

US AIRWAYS, INC.

This Amendment No. 9 to the Amended and Restated Airbus A320 Family Aircraft Purchase Agreement between Airbus S.A.S. and US Airways, Inc. (the “Amendment”) is entered into as of March 31, 2011, by and between Airbus S.A.S., a société par actions simplifiée, organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of France, having its registered office located at 0, xxxx-xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx (the “Seller”), and US Airways, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, having its principal corporate offices located at 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, X.X.X. (the “Buyer”).

WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Seller have entered into an Amended and Restated Airbus A320 Family Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2007, which agreement, as previously amended by and supplemented with all Exhibits, Appendices, Letter Agreements and amendments, including Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 11, 2008, Amendment No. 2 dated as of October 20, 2008, Amendment No. 3 dated as of January 16, 2009, Amendment No. 4 dated as of August 11, 2009, Amendment No. 5 dated as of October 2, 2009, Amendment No. 6 dated as of November 20, 2009, Amendment No. 7 dated as of April 1, 2010 and Amendment No. 8 dated as of January 13, 2011 (“Amendment No. 8”) (the “Agreement”) relates to the sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Buyer of certain Airbus single-aisle aircraft; and

WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Seller agree to convert certain Aircraft in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment will have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Amendment.

 

2. CONVERSION

Pursuant to the terms of Amended and Restated Letter Agreement No. 3 to the Agreement, the Buyer irrevocably, except as otherwise provided in Amendment No. 7, exercises its right to make certain model conversions as follows:

 

2.1 Five (5) New A320 Aircraft with ***** are converted to five (5) Converted New A321 Aircraft.

 

2.2 Exhibit B to Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit B attached to this Amendment summarizing conversions as of the date hereof.

 

2.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or otherwise, the Seller hereby accepts the model conversions described in Paragraphs 2.1 above.

 

3. DELIVERY SCHEDULE

 

3.1 The delivery schedule table set forth in Clause 9.1.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the delivery schedule table below between the QUOTE and the UNQUOTE:

QUOTE

 

Rank

     

*****

     

Aircraft

     

*****

     

*****

      Year  
1      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2008   
2      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2008   
3      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2008   
4      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2008   
5      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2008   
6      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
7      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
8      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
9      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
10      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
11      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
12      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
13      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
14      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
15      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
16      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
17      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   

 

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Rank

     

*****

     

Aircraft

     

*****

     

*****

      Year  
18      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
19      *****     

Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
20      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
21      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
22      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
23      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
24      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
25      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2009   
26      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2010   
27      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2010   
28      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
29      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
30      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
31      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
32      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
33      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
34      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
35      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
36      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
37      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
38      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
39      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2011   
40      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
41      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
42      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
43      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
44      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
45      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
46      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
47      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
48      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
49      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
50      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
51      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2012   
52      *****     

Converted New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
53      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
54      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
55      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
56      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
57      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
58      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
59      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
60      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
61      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   

 

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Rank

     

*****

     

Aircraft

     

*****

     

*****

      Year  
62      *****     

Converted Original A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
63      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
64      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
65      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
66      *****     

Converted Original A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
67      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2013   
68      *****     

Converted New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
69      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
70      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
71      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
72      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
73      *****     

Converted New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
74      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
75      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
76      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
77      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
78      *****     

Converted New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
79      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
80      *****     

New A319 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
81      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
82      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
83      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
84      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
85      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2014   
86      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
87      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
88      *****     

New A319 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
89      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
90      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
91      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
92      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
93      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
94      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
95      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
96      *****     

New A320 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   
97      *****     

New A321 Aircraft

      *****      *****        2015   

UNQUOTE

 

4. EFFECT OF AMENDMENT

 

4.1 The provisions of this Amendment constitute a valid amendment to the Agreement and the Agreement will be deemed to be amended to the extent herein provided and, except as specifically amended hereby, will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms. This Amendment supersedes any previous understandings, commitments, or representations whatsoever, whether oral or written, related to the subject matter of this Amendment.

 

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4.2 Both parties agree that this Amendment will constitute an integral, nonseverable part of the Agreement, that the provisions of said Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and that this Amendment will be governed by the provisions of the Agreement, except that if the Agreement and this Amendment have specific provisions that are inconsistent, the specific provisions contained in this Amendment will govern.

 

5. CONFIDENTIALITY

This Amendment is subject to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Clause 22.7 of the Agreement.

 

6. COUNTERPARTS

This Amendment may be signed in separate counterparts. Each counterpart, when signed and delivered (including counterparts delivered by facsimile transmission), will be an original, and the counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these presents were entered into as of the day and year first above written.

 

US AIRWAYS, INC.

     AIRBUS S.A.S.

By:

         By:    

Its:

         Its:    

 

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Exhibit B

Conversion Schedule

*****

 

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