America West Express
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Founded | 1985 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1985 | ||||||
Ceased operations | September 25, 2007 (merged into ) |
America West Express was the
Mesa Airlines operated America West Express from hubs at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada to regional destinations.
America West Express fleet consisted of 61 turboprop and regional jet aircraft.
History
America West Express started as a regional carrier in association with America West Airlines with a hub at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The name "America West Express" was taken from the old America West Airlines cargo service which had begun in 1985. America West initially operated
In the mid-1990s, with the opening of the America West Airlines hub at
In 2003, America West greatly increased the size of its express operation by starting new routes operated by regional jets from its hub at
In 2007, America West Express was branded as US Airways Express following the merger of America West with US Airways.
Destinations
Operators and fleet
Fleet
Type | Aircraft | Seats |
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Bombardier CRJ-200 | 18 | 50 |
Bombardier CRJ-900 | 37 | 90 |
de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 | 6 | 37 |
Embraer ERJ 145ER | 9 | 50 |
Historical regional jet fleet
The America West Express brand, through its various regional and commuter airline partners, operated other twinjet aircraft over the years besides the Bombardier (Canadair) regional jet aircraft including the following types:
Historical turboprop fleet
The America West Express brand, through its various regional and commuter airline partners, operated a variety of twin turboprop aircraft over the years including the following types:
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Bombardier Q200
- Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
Services
America West Express operated all of its fleet in a single coach class configuration. However, the CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s did offer dual class service at one point with separate first and coach class cabins. This dual class service was then subsequently dropped when it was determined that customers were not willing to pay extra for limited first class amenities on these short flights. Increasing the number of coach seats thus resulted in increased revenue.
Identifying codes
Since these were code share flights, the America West Airlines codes were used for customer purposes. HPX indicates America West Express flights. However, the flights were actually operated under the Mesa Airlines codes.
References
- ^ "Mesa Air Group". Archived from the original on 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
External links
- America West Airlines website Archived 2006-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Mesa Airlines website