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America West Express was the name for America West Airlines commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Air Group's Mesa Airlines under a code share agreement. Today Mesa Airlines operates for American Eagle.[1]

America West Express

IATA ICAO Callsign YV RP ASH CHQ AIR SHUTTLE CHATAUQUA
Founded	1985; 37 years ago (1985)
Commenced operations	1985; 37 years ago (1985)
Ceased operations	September 25, 2007; 15 years ago (2007-09-25) (merged into US Airways Express)
Hubs	Las Vegas Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Frequent-flyer program	FlightFund
Fleet size	43
Destinations	59
Parent company	America West Holdings
Headquarters	Tempe, Arizona
Key people	Doug Parker (CEO), Derek Kerr (CFO)
Website	americawest.com (now aa.com)

Mesa Airlines operated America West Express from hubs at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada to regional destinations.

Chautauqua Airlines also operated America West Express regional jet service via a code sharing agreement in support of the America West hub in Columbus, Ohio.

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 de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprop aircraft with its own flight crews; however, on November 30, 1992, America West signed a codeshare agreement with Mesa Airlines to operate America West Airlines' regional and commuter services as America West Express.

In the mid-1990s, with the opening of the America West Airlines hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, America West Airlines used Chautauqua Airlines to provide Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet service to feed the hub. When the Columbus hub was shut down, the Chautauqua Airlines code share was discontinued, leaving Mesa as the sole operator of AW Express services.

In 2003, America West greatly increased the size of their express operation by starting new routes operated by regional jets from its hub at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

America West Express fleet

Type	Aircraft	Seats
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 a variety of twinjet aircraft over the years including the following types:

• Embraer ERJ-145
• Fokker 70

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

Services

America West Express operated all of its fleet in a single coach class configuration. At one time, the CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s did offer dual class service with separate first and coach class cabins. However, this was dropped when customers were not willing to pay extra for limited First class amenities on these short flights. Increasing the number of coach seats 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

External links

• America West Airlines website
• Mesa Airlines website

На других языках

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- [en] America West Express

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[fr] America West Express

America West Express était le nom des vols régionaux et de navette America West Airlines exploités par Mesa Air Group de Mesa Air Group en vertu d'un accord de partage de code. Aujourd'hui Mesa Airlines opère pour American Eagle.

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