Living up to it's promise to grow the airline by 10% in 2004, America West Airlines today announced the hiring of an additional 1,000 employees next year. Leases have been signed for 4 Airbus A320s to be delivered prior to 6/1/04 with an additional two aircraft entering the fleet in the second half of the year. Growth will come through more aircraft and higher aircraft utilization. Wall Street liked AmWest's annoucement as shares closed higher today. RT Simpson Phoenix