America West
| America West | |
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| IATA code : | HP |
| ICAO code : | AWE |
| Call sign : | CACTUS |
| Founding: | 1981 |
| Operation stopped: | 2005 |
| Seat: |
Tempe ( Arizona ), United States
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| Turnstile : |
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX | KPHX) |
| Fleet size: | last 132 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| America West ceased operations in 2005. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
America West Airlines (shortened to America West ) was an American airline based in Tempe in the metropolitan area of Phoenix ( Arizona ). In 2005 it took over US Airways , whereupon all activities were gradually brought together under the name US Airways until mid-2007. After the merger of the enlarged US Airways with the insolvent American Airlines in 2013, the Tempe airline, which itself ran into difficulties during the 1990s, now forms a core of the largest airline in the world in terms of passenger kilometers.
history
America West Airlines was founded in February 1981 and began operating on August 1, 1983. On September 27, 2005, America West took over the larger airline US Airways . The newly created company bore the internationally better-known name US Airways , and by the end of 2007 all America West operations were converted to the new name. On December 9, 2013, the merger of the enlarged US Airways with the then insolvent American Airlines , which was able to leave the bankruptcy proceedings, created the largest airline in the world. It has been operating under the sole name of American Airlines since April 2015 .
fleet
America West's fleet last consisted of 132 aircraft and was transferred to their fleet as part of the merger with US Airways along with all outstanding orders.
See also
Web links
- Former America West website (English; no longer available)
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Airways merges with America West. In: airliners.de. September 28, 2005, accessed January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ New world market leader - court approves merger of US airlines , manager-magazin.de, March 28, 2013.