The Valley’s two largest airlines ranked in the top six among domestic carriers for quality service in 2004, according to the Airline Quality Rating.

In an industry facing as much turbulence as it ever has, America West Airlines CEO Doug Parker said Tuesday it may be the best time for the Tempe carrier to go after one of its competitors.

America West Airlines said Thursday it will not bid for bankrupt low-cost flier ATA Airlines, a decision that makes the hometown carrier's biggest rival, Southwest Airlines, and AirTran Airways the favorites to land 14 gates at Chicago's Midway International Airport.

The new and improved lowfare and better service America West Airlines is looking a little like the old America West.

For the second time in two weeks, America West Airlines launched an aggressive fare sale Monday, this time cutting first-class tickets by as much as 70 percent.

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $100 million lawsuit against America West Airlines and its officers and major stockholders.

PHOENIX - America West Airlines will eliminate its unprofitable hub in Columbus, Ohio, by mid-June, reducing the number of daily flights originating there from 49 to four, the company announced today.

The parent company of Tempe-based America West Airlines surprised industry analysts by posting a $79.7 million profit during the second quarter, the first time the carrier has made money since September 2000.

High jet fuel prices added about $100 million in unplanned expenses and may prevent America West Airlines from being profitable in the second quarter and the rest of the year, CEO Doug Parker said Wednesday.

America West Airlines said Monday it will close a hub in Columbus, Ohio, because the operation loses $25 million a year, a decision that will mean phasing out nearly all of the company’s 49 daily departures to 15 destinations.

Bad economic times and volatile jet fuel prices are forcing America West Airlines to lay off some managers and administrators. In addition, the company plans to reduce the fees it pays to vendors by at least 20 percent.

America West Airlines entered into a dogfight with the nation's six largest airlines Monday by offering what it says will be inexpensive nonstop fares for transcontinental flights between New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

America West Airlines pilots finally have a contract. After fours years of negotiations and two failed votes, the Air Line Pilots Association narrowly approved a 3-year-deal Tuesday, a decision the company says will pave the way for the Tempe-based airline's continued growth.

With balloons, snow cones, children’s fair games and memorabilia from workers, hundreds of employees and their families said goodbye to the East Valley’s first commercial airline Tuesday.

With balloons, snow cones, children’s fair games and memorabilia from workers, hundreds of employees and their families said goodbye to the East Valley’s first commercial airline Tuesday.

The parent company of America West Airlines surprised most of Wall Street on Thursday with a 30 percent increase in second-quarter earnings despite fuel expenses that exceeded the cost of salaries and benefits for the only the second time in the company’s 22-year history.

It’s supposed to be a dubious merger at best, but investors rewarded the idea of America West Airlines joining financially troubled US Airways by sending the Tempebased carrier’s shares dramatically higher since the deal was announced.

America West Airlines and the union representing its 1,700 pilots reached a tentative contract agreement Friday, a move that could end more than three years of negotiations.

America West Airlines customer service representative Debra Ewing says her 12-year-old daughter, Erica, makes more money hourly babysitting two children than she does as a gate agent for the hometown airline.

More than half of America West’s customer service representatives voted to unionize Tuesday and joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, officials said.

America West Arena in downtown Phoenix will change its name to US Airways Center in January following the merger between America West Airlines and US Airways, the airline and arena manager said Monday.