America West Airlines , one of the United States' ten major airlines, is based in Phoenix, Arizona and is a part of America West Holdings Corporation.
The airline maintains two hubs, one at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, and the second at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the second largest low-cost carrier airline in the US. America West provides service to approximately 100 destinations in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Service to Europe and Hawaii is provided through code shareing arrangements.
As of March 2005, America West operated a #Fleet of 138 aircraft.
America West's corporate offices in Tempe, Arizona are housed in one of the first commercial high-rise buildings constructed in the downtown area, featuring a unique "airfoil" motif in the shape of its roof.
America West Express is the name for commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Airlines for America West Airlines. The America West Express America West Express#Fleet consists of 43 aircraft.
On May 19, 2005, America West announced it would merge with the Arlington, Virginia-based US Airways. The new entity would be named US Airways and be headquartered in America West's corporate offices.
[http://nytimes.com/2005/05/19/business/20cnd-air.html?hp&ex=1116561600&en=f05446b274ed4c46&ei=5094&partner=homepage]
For more details see America West Holdings Corporation#History
==Early history==
One of the 1980s' greatest business success stories, it started on August 1, 1983 using three Boeing 737 aircraft flying out of their base in Phoenix, Arizona with Ed Beauvais as CEO. At the start, you could buy tickets on board the aircraft.
The airline quickly expanded, with 11 737s operating flights to 13 cities, developing a secondary hub in Las Vegas, Nevada by the end of 1983, and in 1984 grew to 21 aircraft and 23 cities.
America West was one of the first airlines to use extensive "cross-utilization", in which employees were trained in a variety of airline jobs, such as pilots trained in dispatch, and both baggage handlers and flight attendants being trained as gate agents. America West also started as a "full service" airline, in contrast with Southwest Airlines, the discount air carrier competing in many of the same markets. America West also utilized an aggressive employee stock ownership program, in which new employees were required to invest 20% of their salary in company stock, providing a steady flow of cash as the company grew.
In 1985, America West had grown to the point that no more gate space was available at Sky Harbor International Airport. While the new Terminal 4 at Sky Harbor was approved in 1986, it became apparent that additional gates would be needed before Terminal 4 was completed, and a temporary concourse was added to the southwest corner of the Airport's Terminal 3, adding six gates (eventually a total of 11 gates by 1990) for the use of America West.
The airline's rapid growth continued in 1986, with the airline greatly expanding its fleet, primarily with Boeing 757s purchased from Northwest Airlines after Northwest bought out Republic Airlines, as well as the acquisition of a number of De Havilland De Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft for local service from Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Also in 1986, the airline started running red eye flights from Las Vegas to increase aircraft utilization.
==Bankruptcy==
The rapid growth of America West resulted in large operating losses for the airline, and by 1986 the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Originally slated to occupy the vast majority of the gates in the under-construction Terminal 4, America West had to reduce its commitment to the city of Phoenix to just 28 gates, with the growing Southwest Airlines agreeing to lease the remainder of Terminal 4.
Despite revenue problems, America West continued its growth, with a rebuffed attempted buyout of Eastern Airlines commuter plane division in 1988. In 1989, the airline purchased two Boeing 747 aircraft, offering service to Hawaii and Nagoya, Japan, as well as an expansion of service to many Mexico destinations.
In 1990, the airline moved into the new Terminal 4, and also took the delivery of several Airbus A320 aircraft, which had originally been ordered by the now-defunct Braniff Airlines and were sold to America West at a steep discount.
Despite these developments, the airline continued to lose money. The operating expenses at the new Terminal 4 were much larger than previous expenses in Terminal 3's temporary concourse. The Nagoya, Japan route was essentially a bust (the planes were flying with almost no passengers), with extremely low ticket sales. Finally, concerns about stability in the Gulf States in the lead-up to the Persian Gulf War lead to increasing fuel costs. This combination forced America West to file for bankruptcy in June, 1991.
==Post-bankruptcy==
America West operated in bankruptcy from 1991 to 1994. As part of its restructuring, the employee stock became worthless, the Hawaii and Nagoya routes were scrapped (and the 747s sold), and the airline's fleet was heavily pared down to 87 aircraft. All of the Dash 8 aircraft were sold, and America West's service to local markets was contracted to Mesa Airlines, which began conducting operations as "America West Express."
The bankruptcy forced a number of changes on the management side as well. Founder and CEO Ed Beauvais was removed as CEO, but remained on the board of directors, while Mike Conway, who had been with the airline since its start, was appointed as the new CEO, although he in turn would leave the airline in 1994, replaced by A. Maurice Myers. America West's CSR agents also unionized in 1993, a move which ended the cross-utilization between CSRs, flight attendants, and ground agents. Many maintenance and training functions that were previously operated by America West in-house were also outsourced during the bankruptcy.
Finally, in 1994 America West managed to secure a reorganization that allowed it to come out of bankruptcy, with a large portion of the airline owned by a partnership including Mesa Airlines and Continental Airlines, which resulted in code-sharing agreements with these airlines.
To help reinvigorate the airline as it emerged from bankruptcy, a number of consumer-visible changes occurred, including a new color scheme and logo (still in use as of 2004), new livery, E-ticket, and online ticket purchasing (in 1996). The airline continued ordering Airbus A320s, and gradually started retiring its older 737 aircraft.
In 19??, America West Airlines opened an east coast hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Chautauqua Airlines was used to provide commuter and regional flights. An ''America West Club'' was provided for the hub.
In 20?? America West Airlines received a loan of $380 million from The Air Transportation Stabilization Board. As of April, 2005, the remaining balance on the load is $300 million.
In 20?? America West Airlines closed the Port Columbus International Airport hub.
For details on the May 19, 2005 merger with US Airways see America West Holdings Corporation#History
==Destinations==
''See full article:'' America West Airlines destinations
==Fleet==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
|+ America West Airlines Fleet
| Type || Number || Seats || Seats First/Coach || Orders/Options
|-
|Boeing 757-200
|align=right|13
|align=right|190
|align=right|14/176
|align=right|0
|-
|Airbus A320-200
|align=right|55
|align=right|150
|align=right|12/138
|align=right|12
|-
|Boeing 737-300
|align=right|37
|align=right|134
|align=right|8/126
|align=right|0
|-
|Airbus A319-100
|align=right|33
|align=right|124
|align=right|12/112
|
|-
|Canadair CRJ-900
|align=right|24
|align=right|86
|align=right|0/86
|
|-
|Canadair CRJ-700
|align=right|10
|align=right|64
|align=right|0/86
|
|-
|Canadair CRJ-200
|align=right|18
|align=right|50
|align=right|0/50
|
|-
|De Havilland Canada Dash 8
|align=right|6
|align=right|37
|align=right|0/37
|
|}
==Airline Club==
The airline operates a members only America West Club at Las Vegas and three in Phoenix.
==Other commercial interests==
America West has promotional partnerships with the Phoenix Suns National Basketball Association team, the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team and the Arizona Cardinals National Football League team.
In 1992, America West paid $26 million for the 30-year naming rights of the Phoenix Suns home court, America West Arena.
==External links==
* [http://www.americawest.com/ America West Corporate Web Page]
* [http://mileguide.com/americawest.shtml Guide to earning miles on America West]
* [http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=444 Flyertalk]
==Copyright note==
Photo copyrighted, and courtesy of, Mr. Tobias Werner
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== Things to do == *America West's Sponsorship and the various venues named after it and team promotional alliances need a new section. "Community Involvment" or similar? :Done User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) *Obviously, the post-1992 history is almost completely absent. Anyone have a good source? :History is now current through 96 (and hopefully correct, I compiled this from a bunch of random sources, but my AW contacts said that at list the overall timeline is correct). I'm trying not to get bogged down in details (yeah, I can mention their labor troubles, but doesn't every airline have those?), but I should cover the highlights through Sep 11th. Possibly mention the 1998 safety fine that was found when the FAA was doing safety inspections post-Valujet. Perhaps also talk about post-Sept 11 a bit, since AW was one of the airlines that came very close to failing but was successfully bailed out by the Air Transport Stabilization act. User:Kaszeta 18:14, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) *People often care about the current state of the airline, so perhaps information about the airline's current vital statistics should be moved up front. :Done User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Kaszeta 03:27, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Moving the current info (including info on America West Express operations by Mesa Airlines) to the top of the document is something I had noticed needed to be done, also. When I read an article, I expect a brief overview, current information on the subject, and then any relevant history which has led to the current state of the topic. I'd agree with you on that. :: I've restructured it like this, and am working towards a layout similar to the American Airlines page User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Also, I think if we're honestly having an edit-revert war here, why not format a template for the information on either a temp page or here on the talk? --User:Abqwildcat 17:05, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::Further ideas - I've noticed that America West has no header section as it is currently written. Instead, we are thrust directly into the Early History of the company. Compare this layout with American Airlines and innumerable other wiki pages in which there is first an introduction to the subject and then the history starts. I suggest: Moving current service to become the introduction section, and leaving the rest of the article as is. Ideas welcome. --User:Abqwildcat 21:25, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) == Why both images? == I think that the image of the A320 landing shows off America West's logo quite nicely including the tail insignia. I'm wondering if the scanned? logo is really necessary at the top of the page. Other articles (Coca Cola for example) do not include a simple version of the logo in addition to including a photograph of cans of soda emblazoned with the logo. I think that the two very similar images stacked on top of one another actually reduce the value of both. I would suggest either moving or removing the plain scanned logo and retaining the photograph of the airplane with America West's logo on its side. --User:Abqwildcat 17:20, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :The reason for the logo is simple. If you had looked at other airline articles (for example Air Canada) you would have noticed that having the logo at the top of the page is the standard format for airline pages. So it would break the format to remove it - User:Arpingstone 19:08, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::Ah yes. Perhaps what confused me was that America West's layout was uglified compared to, say, British Airways. I've fixed it. --User:Abqwildcat 21:17, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :::If the image was moved after the mini hub text, it shows up to the right of the contents box filling some of that white space on the right side of the page. It also allows the text to flow under the logo. Having the logo and picture that close together is not good page layout.User:Vegaswikian 23:12, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Destinations? == This would be a lengthy list. www.americawest.com indicates 101 destinations. --User:Abqwildcat 06:51, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) *There is a catgory that was used by other airline pages called Airline destinations. Several of the major airlines had this set up for them. I added the one for HP and included a link. Maybe someone can do the same for America West Express flights? The format was copied from the other pages. Also a check of what I added would be helpful.User:Vegaswikian 23:07, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) == America West Express == *Why is this included in the America West page with details. Other companies, Continental Express being one example are on their own page. This helps keep things cleaner on the America West page. This would be easy to set up and links here and in Mesa Airlines would keep it from being an orphan. It would also allow all of the airport pages to have something better to link to for Mesa (dba). It would also allow for a better history of the Express operation. Like when the Colunbus hub was open another company was using the Express name for service there.User:Vegaswikian 23:26, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) **As someone pointed out below, the old article was stubby. I'm considering replacing the redirect with User_talk:Vegaswikian#America_West_Express, sorry it appears as multiple sections and not as an article, but it starts there and runs to the end of my talk page. I think this is a more complete version that still needs some cleanup but is large enough to stand on its own.User:Vegaswikian ::Yes, the old article was ultra-stubby. I restored a redirect today in place of stub content which was 2 sentences long and was very general about America West Express. While other express carriers do indeed have their own articles, as long as the information is presented prominently in the main article and the redirects are correct, why not incorporate all the information. ::Secondly, as I understand it, America West Express is a trademark owned by America West. Currently Mesa Airlines operates the flights (and likely will for the forseeable future), but the contract could be awarded to any other airline company. In this respect, the Express company is really just a rebranding of another carrier and isn't really all that significant anyway: they're just a part of the mainline carrier. I'd like to keep the AWExpress info on the main America West (Airlines) page. --User:Abqwildcat 05:10, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::That may be, but the company has its own history. How do you keep all of that on one page while making it easy to follow? In fact, you could probably make the case that by having America West Express on a page would make it less like it was Mesa. Did you look at the draft page I have? According to HP on their web page there are two companies flying the commuter routes, Mesa is not the only one. With the number of sites that link to the Express page, you would think that it should have it's own page. Since the reason for removing the old page was lack of information and that the page I'm thinking of putting up is rather extensive why should this be a problem? Do you know who owns America West Express? Is it America West Holdings? I know they also have America West Vacations as a division. User:Vegaswikian 06:28, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) ::::Hey, I'm fine with an individual page for Express, as long as it's closely tied to the America West Airlines article. They may be (unverified as of yet) owned by the same holdings company, attempt to operate seamlessly (America West gate agents for Mesa-operated AWE flights), etc. ::::I have, however, checked on the operation of America West Express. Mesa Airlines is the sole operator of America West Express flights ([http://www.americawest.com/aboutawa/companyprofile/aa_partners.htm]) and verified by a few friends I have who work for Mesa (I know, no original research, but I wanted to make sure the source was up to date). The page indicates America West has "code share partners" which essentially means that you can earn airline miles on these other airlines, but they won't be branded as "America West Express" even if they are commuter flights. America West Express refers exclusively to the flights operated by Mesa for America West. ::::If you can extract the info from this page (the intro paragraph and fleet table) and expand it slightly to integrate it with the America West article, I'd have no objection whatsoever to making America West Express into its own article. --User:Abqwildcat 17:10, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::::If anyone would like to change the page I have put together, feel free to do so at User_talk:Vegaswikian#America_West_Express. For my source on Mesa not being the only operator, go to http://www.americawest.com/aboutawa/companyprofile/aa_routemap.htm and look at the lower left side of the ''interactive map'' where three companies are listed. Based on your comments I also looked at the ''printable version'' and that shows two companies providing Express service. So, the web site infomation is not consistant. However if you were to assume that the information was correct at one time, then ay least 4 companies were used Express in the past. I believe that there is one site that has a lot of data on the history of HP. I'll see if I can find that and see if that source is any better.User:Vegaswikian 19:42, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :(Resetting indent)Note: Air Midwest is the other carrier listed as being provider of America West Express service. The thing is, Mesa Air Group owns Air Midwest. Perhaps the wording of my original statement was imprecise. I would instead argue that Mesa Air Group operates America West Express flights for America West. (source: http://www.mesa-air.com/amw_info.asp).I can't get the swf interactive map to load, so I can't tell what the other carrier would be. So it finally loaded. The other carrier is Freedom Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. So, I'd definitely support just changing Mesa Airlines to Mesa Air Group Airlines or some such on the article right now, and making a similar change on your draft page (if it would be apropriate - I haven't yet looked at it). --User:Abqwildcat 20:59, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:I looked at the Mesa Air Group 2003 annual report. It clearly says it operates under a code share with HP and several other airlines. So my code share statement is likely correct. Using Mesa Air Group makes sense to avoid the details. User:Vegaswikian 21:43, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
::Yeah. Just to clarify for everyone, "Code Share" means that Mesa Air Group flights take on the name of another carrier (crew uniforms are those of the other carrier as well), airline miles may be earned (in some cases) while flying on Code Share partners, etc. Mesa Air Group operates as code share partners (under contract until?) for America West Express, United Express, and US Airways Express. Additionally, Mesa Air Group consists of Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest. So, saying that the flights for America West Express are oprated by Mesa Air Group is, in fact, the most precise thing to say. There's no reason to avoid the details, just explain what is meant by Mesa Air Group and all the details are included. --User:Abqwildcat 22:07, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:::OK, I also did a page for Mesa Air Group that explains some of this and their history. It still needs more work. I'll replace the redirect with the express page shortly, feel free to update and add to it. Thanks for your comments. User:Vegaswikian 00:33, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== America West vs. America West Airlines ==
Why is this page not America West Airlines which is the correct name of the company? Isn't the wiki standard to use the correct name? If you look at what links here, about 50% are redirects from America West Airlines or America West Express.User:Vegaswikian 00:32, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! User:Rhobite 02:47, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
:America West Express links here don't make your point very well, but the links for America West Airlines, does. If you'd like to move this article (big thing to do if you're also responsible and correct the pages which link directly to America West), make sure that America West Express redirects to America West Airlines. The Express article was previously very stubby so we moved its content here. Anyway, if you'd like to take on the (not so small) prospect of moving this page, go ahead, but do it right. --User:Abqwildcat 03:40, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
**My understanding of moving the page is that step one is to move America West to America West Airlines That will create an automatic redirect from the old page to the new page. The America West Express redirect would need to be changed. Beyond that nothing would be broken, but it would be nice to fix the America West links. Moving the page would delete the America West Airlines redirect page since it is redirecting to the page that is being moved there. That seems rather easy, so I'm thinking I'm missing something.User:Vegaswikian 18:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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== Things to do == *America West's Sponsorship and the various venues named after it and team promotional alliances need a new section. "Community Involvment" or similar? :Done User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) *Obviously, the post-1992 history is almost completely absent. Anyone have a good source? :History is now current through 96 (and hopefully correct, I compiled this from a bunch of random sources, but my AW contacts said that at list the overall timeline is correct). I'm trying not to get bogged down in details (yeah, I can mention their labor troubles, but doesn't every airline have those?), but I should cover the highlights through Sep 11th. Possibly mention the 1998 safety fine that was found when the FAA was doing safety inspections post-Valujet. Perhaps also talk about post-Sept 11 a bit, since AW was one of the airlines that came very close to failing but was successfully bailed out by the Air Transport Stabilization act. User:Kaszeta 18:14, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) *People often care about the current state of the airline, so perhaps information about the airline's current vital statistics should be moved up front. :Done User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Kaszeta 03:27, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Moving the current info (including info on America West Express operations by Mesa Airlines) to the top of the document is something I had noticed needed to be done, also. When I read an article, I expect a brief overview, current information on the subject, and then any relevant history which has led to the current state of the topic. I'd agree with you on that. :: I've restructured it like this, and am working towards a layout similar to the American Airlines page User:Kaszeta 13:35, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Also, I think if we're honestly having an edit-revert war here, why not format a template for the information on either a temp page or here on the talk? --User:Abqwildcat 17:05, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::Further ideas - I've noticed that America West has no header section as it is currently written. Instead, we are thrust directly into the Early History of the company. Compare this layout with American Airlines and innumerable other wiki pages in which there is first an introduction to the subject and then the history starts. I suggest: Moving current service to become the introduction section, and leaving the rest of the article as is. Ideas welcome. --User:Abqwildcat 21:25, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) == Why both images? == I think that the image of the A320 landing shows off America West's logo quite nicely including the tail insignia. I'm wondering if the scanned? logo is really necessary at the top of the page. Other articles (Coca Cola for example) do not include a simple version of the logo in addition to including a photograph of cans of soda emblazoned with the logo. I think that the two very similar images stacked on top of one another actually reduce the value of both. I would suggest either moving or removing the plain scanned logo and retaining the photograph of the airplane with America West's logo on its side. --User:Abqwildcat 17:20, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :The reason for the logo is simple. If you had looked at other airline articles (for example Air Canada) you would have noticed that having the logo at the top of the page is the standard format for airline pages. So it would break the format to remove it - User:Arpingstone 19:08, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::Ah yes. Perhaps what confused me was that America West's layout was uglified compared to, say, British Airways. I've fixed it. --User:Abqwildcat 21:17, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) :::If the image was moved after the mini hub text, it shows up to the right of the contents box filling some of that white space on the right side of the page. It also allows the text to flow under the logo. Having the logo and picture that close together is not good page layout.User:Vegaswikian 23:12, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Destinations? == This would be a lengthy list. www.americawest.com indicates 101 destinations. --User:Abqwildcat 06:51, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) *There is a catgory that was used by other airline pages called Airline destinations. Several of the major airlines had this set up for them. I added the one for HP and included a link. Maybe someone can do the same for America West Express flights? The format was copied from the other pages. Also a check of what I added would be helpful.User:Vegaswikian 23:07, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) == America West Express == *Why is this included in the America West page with details. Other companies, Continental Express being one example are on their own page. This helps keep things cleaner on the America West page. This would be easy to set up and links here and in Mesa Airlines would keep it from being an orphan. It would also allow all of the airport pages to have something better to link to for Mesa (dba). It would also allow for a better history of the Express operation. Like when the Colunbus hub was open another company was using the Express name for service there.User:Vegaswikian 23:26, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC) **As someone pointed out below, the old article was stubby. I'm considering replacing the redirect with User_talk:Vegaswikian#America_West_Express, sorry it appears as multiple sections and not as an article, but it starts there and runs to the end of my talk page. I think this is a more complete version that still needs some cleanup but is large enough to stand on its own.User:Vegaswikian ::Yes, the old article was ultra-stubby. I restored a redirect today in place of stub content which was 2 sentences long and was very general about America West Express. While other express carriers do indeed have their own articles, as long as the information is presented prominently in the main article and the redirects are correct, why not incorporate all the information. ::Secondly, as I understand it, America West Express is a trademark owned by America West. Currently Mesa Airlines operates the flights (and likely will for the forseeable future), but the contract could be awarded to any other airline company. In this respect, the Express company is really just a rebranding of another carrier and isn't really all that significant anyway: they're just a part of the mainline carrier. I'd like to keep the AWExpress info on the main America West (Airlines) page. --User:Abqwildcat 05:10, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::That may be, but the company has its own history. How do you keep all of that on one page while making it easy to follow? In fact, you could probably make the case that by having America West Express on a page would make it less like it was Mesa. Did you look at the draft page I have? According to HP on their web page there are two companies flying the commuter routes, Mesa is not the only one. With the number of sites that link to the Express page, you would think that it should have it's own page. Since the reason for removing the old page was lack of information and that the page I'm thinking of putting up is rather extensive why should this be a problem? Do you know who owns America West Express? Is it America West Holdings? I know they also have America West Vacations as a division. User:Vegaswikian 06:28, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) ::::Hey, I'm fine with an individual page for Express, as long as it's closely tied to the America West Airlines article. They may be (unverified as of yet) owned by the same holdings company, attempt to operate seamlessly (America West gate agents for Mesa-operated AWE flights), etc. ::::I have, however, checked on the operation of America West Express. Mesa Airlines is the sole operator of America West Express flights ([http://www.americawest.com/aboutawa/companyprofile/aa_partners.htm]) and verified by a few friends I have who work for Mesa (I know, no original research, but I wanted to make sure the source was up to date). The page indicates America West has "code share partners" which essentially means that you can earn airline miles on these other airlines, but they won't be branded as "America West Express" even if they are commuter flights. America West Express refers exclusively to the flights operated by Mesa for America West. ::::If you can extract the info from this page (the intro paragraph and fleet table) and expand it slightly to integrate it with the America West article, I'd have no objection whatsoever to making America West Express into its own article. --User:Abqwildcat 17:10, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::::If anyone would like to change the page I have put together, feel free to do so at User_talk:Vegaswikian#America_West_Express. For my source on Mesa not being the only operator, go to http://www.americawest.com/aboutawa/companyprofile/aa_routemap.htm and look at the lower left side of the ''interactive map'' where three companies are listed. Based on your comments I also looked at the ''printable version'' and that shows two companies providing Express service. So, the web site infomation is not consistant. However if you were to assume that the information was correct at one time, then ay least 4 companies were used Express in the past. I believe that there is one site that has a lot of data on the history of HP. I'll see if I can find that and see if that source is any better.User:Vegaswikian 19:42, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC) :(Resetting indent)Note: Air Midwest is the other carrier listed as being provider of America West Express service. The thing is, Mesa Air Group owns Air Midwest. Perhaps the wording of my original statement was imprecise. I would instead argue that Mesa Air Group operates America West Express flights for America West. (source: http://www.mesa-air.com/amw_info.asp).
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