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Thought you might find this article I came across very interesting!
http://www.bizjournals.com/account/sign_in?uri=/phoenix/stories/2003/12/01/daily49.html
America West sees growth in new routes
Mike Sunnucks
The Business Journal
America West Airlines plans on growing 10 percent next year, with the
majority of that coming from new point-to-point flights and not via its main
hubs in Phoenix and Las Vegas.
AmWest executives Thursday said they expect 60 percent of next year's growth
will come from new low- fare point-to-point service while 40 percent will
stem from hub operations at Phoenix Sky Harbor International and Las Vegas
McCarran airports.
The Tempe-based airline has already begun new nonstop transcontinental
service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Boston's Logan
and New York's JFK airports. In December, JFK to San Francisco service
begins. New Boston to San Francisco nonstop service begins in March.
America West Chairman and Chief Executive Doug Parker and vice president
Scott Kirby want more point-to-points in and out of California in place next
year. America West applied with government agencies to fly nonstop between
San Francisco and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Approval for that new service
could come as soon as next month, said Kirby.
Kirby said the airline would also like to begin transcontinental service out
of Washington's Reagan National or Dulles airport and is also taking a look
at such service to other major U.S. markets, as well as Mexican business
hubs such as Monterrey and Mexico City.
"We think we have lots of opportunities," said Kirby at America West's
annual media day with reporters.
Airline officials stress the focus on point-to-point (which has cost
advantages) will not take away from AmWest's significant operations at Sky
Harbor and Vegas.
America West continues to lobby for more flight slot availability at
National and New York's Laguardia airports. Congress has approved more west
coast flights at National and AmWest has applied for those spaces.
Buoyed by a profitable second and third quarters, increased numbers of
business travelers and a successful transformation into a low-fare airline,
America West will take delivery of several Airbus planes next year, will try
to maximize usage of its existing fleet and plans on acquiring more jets in
2005.
Parker said he will look at both Airbus and Boeing planes for that
acquisition.
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