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
US Airways Express .
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Mesa Airlines operated America West Express from hubs at
Sky Harbor International Airport in
Phoenix, Arizona ,
McCarran International Airport in
Las Vegas, Nevada , and
Los Angeles International Airport in
Los Angeles, California to regional destinations.
America West Express
Fleet consisted of 61
Turboprop and
Regional Jet aircraft.
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.
Originally, America West operated the Dash-8 turboprop aircraft, but on November 30, 1992, America West signed a codeshare agreement with
Mesa Airlines to operate
America West Airlines ' regional and commuter services.
In the mid 1990's, 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 commuter service to feed the hub. When the hub was shut down, the Chautauqua Airlines code share was discontinued, leaving Mesa as the sole operator of AW Express services.
In 2003, 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 2006 America West Express was branded
US Airways Express .
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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. 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.
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.
