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62-802: The Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, signed into law September 22, 2001, authorizes the board to issue up to $ 10 billion in federal loan guarantees to air carriers for which credit is not otherwise available and where "such agreement is a necessary part of maintaining a safe, efficient and viable commercial aviation system in the United States." Between 2001 and 2003, the ATSB approved applications for loan guarantees from seven carriers: America West Airlines , US Airways , American Trans Air , Aloha Airlines , Frontier Airlines , Evergreen International Airlines , and World Airways . These carriers accepted loan guarantees worth $ 1.179 billion. Ultimately,
124-472: A code sharing agreement with America West utilized the following regional jet and turboprop aircraft. In 1991, America West had plans for purchasing 4 Boeing 747-400 aircraft to replace the aging 747-200s in Honolulu service, but an order of 10 further Boeing 757-200s was also mentioned. Furthermore, it was in the plans to purchase 15 Airbus A318s in the late 1990s aside with their new orders of A320s at
186-590: A maximum takeoff weight of 900,000 lb (410,000 kg) or greater. Sky Harbor's private airplane area is also one of eight service centers for the Medevac airline Air Evac . The airport's 326-foot-tall (99 m) air traffic control tower began operations on January 14, 2007. It stands just east of the Terminal 3 parking garage and also houses the Phoenix TRACON . This is Sky Harbor's third control tower and
248-516: A "full-service" airline, in contrast with Southwest Airlines , a discount air carrier competing in many markets. America West used an aggressive employee stock-ownership program, in which new employees were required to invest 20% of their salary in company stock, providing a steady flow of cash as the company grew. America West pilots and other employees were paid wages far below those of competitors By 1985 America West had outgrown their gate space at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and during
310-409: A 16-foot (4.9 m) high and 75-foot (23 m) wide mural composed of 52 different materials, including mosaic glass, gemstones, shells, and vintage toys. The Phoenix , designed by the late French-American artist and full-time resident of Phoenix Paul Coze , was commissioned in 1960 as Phoenix's first work of public art and was installed in 1962 in the main lobby area of the terminal. The Phoenix
372-412: A crew base there. Southwest opened a maintenance facility at PHX in 1992, which was its largest. America West filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1991 and sold its larger aircraft and Japanese route authority, but continued growing its domestic operations from Terminal 4 in cooperation with Continental Airlines . Although AWA enjoyed further growth at Phoenix during the 1990s the aftermath of
434-487: A fatality. Two accidents resulted in hull loss write-offs . Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ( IATA : PHX , ICAO : KPHX , FAA LID : PHX ) is a civil-military public international airport 3 mi (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km) east of downtown Phoenix , in Maricopa County , Arizona , United States . It is Arizona's largest and busiest airport; among
496-639: A hub at Phoenix. Hughes Airwest was then merged into Republic Airlines in 1980 which continued the Phoenix hub operation until the mid-1980s. Western Airlines came to Sky Harbor in 1957 with flights to Denver, Los Angeles and San Diego , Continental Airlines came in 1961 to El Paso, Los Angeles, and Tucson, and Delta Air Lines began flights to Dallas by 1969. Bonanza Air Lines moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Phoenix in 1966. Bonanza merged with two other airlines to form Air West, which became Hughes Airwest after Howard Hughes bought it in 1970. After
558-559: A new color scheme and logo (used until the merger with US Airways), new livery , E-tickets , and online ticket purchasing in 1996. The airline continued ordering Airbus A320s and began gradually retiring their older Boeing 737-200s . In 1993, America West opened a hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio , using Chautauqua Airlines and Mesa Airlines to provide commuter and regional flights via code sharing agreements in addition to mainline jets. An America West Club
620-600: A new terminal would be constructed on the west end of the property near the former location of Terminal 2. She said that in 2023 the airport welcomed more than 48 million passengers and with continued growth expected the new terminal was needed to accommodate growing demand and handle the increased number of travelers. The terminal would feature a new customs facility and would be designed to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, making it an environmentally friendly structure. The airport has 117 active aircraft gates in two Terminals (3 and 4). The airport administration states that
682-419: A route to Las Vegas and Reno making several stops at smaller communities. New routes to Salt Lake City and Southern California were added in the 1960s along with nonstop flights to Las Vegas and Reno aboard Douglas DC-9 jets by 1965. Bonanza merged with two other carriers to become Air West in 1968 and was changed to Hughes Airwest in 1970 adding several new routes, including service to Mexico, creating
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#1732851732808744-502: A steep discount. Annual revenue reached a billion dollars, the threshold for the Department of Transportation to categorize America West as a major airline . The July 1990 timetable shows 182 weekday departures from Phoenix non-stop to 46 airports and 132 departures from Las Vegas to 39 airports. (24 LAS departures were between midnight and 01:40.) The airline continued to lose money: operating expenses at Terminal 4 were far higher than in
806-752: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . America West Airlines America West Airlines was an airline in the United States that operated from 1981 until it merged with US Airways in 2007. It was headquartered in Tempe, Arizona . Its main hub was at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport , with secondary hubs at McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas , Nevada and Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio . The airline merged with US Airways in 2005 and adopted US Airways as their brand name. America West served about 100 cities in
868-477: Is a list airports that America West Airlines flew to as of September 24, 2007 (at the time of merger with US Airways ). Throughout its existence, America West had codeshare agreements with the following airlines: America West had its headquarters in Tempe, Arizona from the airline's start in 1983 and it retained the same location when it merged with US Airways and retained the US Airways name. The airline used
930-530: Is among the tallest control towers in North America. The Phoenix Airport Museum is a museum displaying artwork and local aviation memorabilia located inside the terminal. The following airlines operate regularly scheduled passenger flights at Sky Harbor Airport: From 1951 through the end of 2023, over 1.425 billion passengers (domestic and international, enplaned and deplaned) have transited through PHX, an annual average of over 19.5 million passengers. In
992-678: Is known as the Goldwater Air National Guard Base . One of two flying units in the Arizona ANG, the 161 ARW flies the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. In addition to its domestic role as a National Guard unit, answering to the Governor of Arizona, the 161 ARW also performs both a stateside and overseas role as a USAF organization, supporting air refueling and air mobility missions worldwide. Sky Harbor Airport's evocative name
1054-654: The 1989 Australian pilots' dispute . As they explored destinations beyond the United States, America West filed with Department of Transportation for a Phoenix to Sydney route to connect with Ansett Airlines in Australia. The proposal was rejected and the Reagan Administration awarded the route to another airline. In 1989, America West leased four Boeing 747-200s (formerly operated by KLM ) and began non-stop 747 flights between Phoenix and Honolulu, Hawaii , and non-stop between Honolulu and Nagoya, Japan . The 747
1116-778: The Airline Deregulation Act was signed in 1978, many new airlines began service to Sky Harbor. In 1978, former Hughes Airwest executive Ed Beauvais formed a plan for a new airline based in Phoenix. He founded America West Airlines in 1981, which began service from Phoenix in 1983 and doubled in size during its first year. Eastern Airlines and Allegheny Airlines soon began service in 1979 followed by United Airlines in 1980. Allegheny changed its name to USAir shortly after beginning service in 1979. Southwest Airlines arrived at Phoenix in January 1982 with 13 daily flights to 12 cities; by 1986 it had 64 daily flights from Phoenix and had
1178-564: The PHX Sky Train . There is also terminal parking adjacent to each terminal. The airport continues to provide shuttle bus service between the terminals and the rental car center with separate routes serving each terminal until the PHX Sky Train project is complete. Valley Metro bus route 13 has a stop near the Airport's Operations building, west of Terminal 3. Travelers connecting to or from
1240-684: The September 11, 2001 attacks strained its financial position. AWA ended its relationship with Continental and merged with US Airways in 2005. US Airways moved its headquarters to the AWA campus in Tempe and retained many AWA managers to run the merged company. US Airways was then merged into American Airlines in 2015 which continues to build upon the largest hub operation at Phoenix Sky Harbor. Sky Harbor landed its first transatlantic flights in 1996 when British Airways inaugurated nonstop service to London. The flight
1302-812: The new US Airways livery , and older aircraft repainted (while retaining America West interiors). Gates and ticket counters were consolidated at airports where both airlines had operated, aided by the March 2007 transfer of all US Airways reservations to the Shares computer system used by America West (US Airways had previously used a very different Sabre system). All express flights were branded as US Airways Express and aircraft were no longer confined to operations out of their pre-merger hubs (America West aircraft could fly from Philadelphia to cities other than Phoenix and Las Vegas, for example). The two airlines' operating certificates were merged on September 25, 2007. After initially using
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#17328517328081364-554: The "CACTUS" callsign for the west fleet and "USAIR" for the east fleet, all aircraft began flying under a single "CACTUS" callsign and ICAO code "AWE" in September 2008. Meanwhile, US Airways abandoned Las Vegas as its hub. Former America West aircraft were distinguished apart from US Airways pre-merger aircraft by their use of registrations ending in "-AW", while pre-merger US Airways aircraft used registrations ending in "-US". US Airways would later merge with American Airlines in 2013, with
1426-584: The 30-year naming rights of the Phoenix Suns ' home court, which it named America West Arena . Since the merger with US Airways, the arena was called US Airways Center (not to be confused with the USAir Arena in Prince George's County, Maryland , razed in 2002), until it was renamed to Talking Stick Resort arena. America West had four in-flight incidents on its aircraft, but never had an accident resulting in
1488-472: The 44th Street and Washington Light Rail station, to East Economy Parking and on to Terminal 4. Phase 1A shuttles passengers to Terminal 3. Phase 1A opened on December 8, 2014. Phase 2 transports passengers to the Rental Car Center. Phase 2 opened on December 20, 2022. In its 2019 airport rankings, The Wall Street Journal ranked Sky Harbor as the best airport overall among the 20 largest airports in
1550-448: The Dash 8 flights were not code-shares and Mesa code-shares replaced them in 1992–93.) The airline started red-eye flights from Las Vegas to improve aircraft utilization. America West's rapid growth led to large losses and by 1986 the company was on the verge of bankruptcy . Originally slated to occupy the vast majority of the gates in Terminal 4, the airline had to reduce their commitment to
1612-573: The FAA granted a single operating certificate for both US Airways and American Airlines. The US Airways brand continued until October 17, 2015, when it merged with American Airlines. The airline was established in February 1981 and began operations August 1, 1983, using three leased Boeing 737s flying out of its base in Phoenix, Arizona (PHX), with Ed Beauvais , a well-known airline industry consultant, as CEO. In
1674-507: The FAA was reportedly prepared to ground the airline for these violations. America West operated under bankruptcy from 1991 to 1994; as part of the restructuring, employee stock became worthless, the airline's 747s and Dash8s were sold and the fleet was pared down to 87 aircraft. Hawaii and Nagoya routes were scrapped and America West feeder service to smaller cities and local markets was contracted to Mesa Airlines , which began flying turboprops and regional jets as America West Express . On
1736-732: The Greyhound station can use the Valley Metro route 13 bus. The Valley Metro Rail has a stop at the nearby 44th St/Washington light rail station . A moving sidewalk bridge over Washington Street allows light rail passengers to arrive at the nearby PHX Sky Train station and then onward to stations at the East Economy Parking Lot and Terminals 3 and 4. Valley Metro bus routes 44 serve the PHX Sky Train station at 44th Street and Washington. A number of taxi, limousine, ride share and shuttle companies provide service between each airport terminal,
1798-519: The Phoenix metropolitan area, and other communities throughout the state. By road, the airport terminals are served by East Sky Harbor Boulevard, which is fed by Interstate 10 , Arizona State Routes 143 and 202 . The PHX Sky Train is an automated people-mover, much like those found at other airports, that transports Sky Harbor passengers from the 44th Street and Washington Light Rail station to Sky Harbor's East Economy Parking lot, through both terminals. Phase 1 opened on April 8, 2013, and runs from
1860-640: The US, Canada, and Mexico; flights to Europe were on codeshare partners. In September 2005, the airline had 140 aircraft, with a single maintenance base at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport . Regional jet and turboprop flights were operated on a code sharing basis by Mesa Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines as America West Express . Beginning in January 2006, all America West flights were branded as US Airways, along with most signage at airports and other printed material, though many flights were described as "operated by America West." Apart from two heritage aircraft,
1922-649: The West Wing), which also had the first control tower , opened in October 1952. The airport's master plan was redesigned in 1959 to eliminate the cross runway to make room for new terminals. American and TWA began jet service to Phoenix in 1960 and 1961 respectively, and Terminal 2 (originally called the East Wing) opened in 1962. Terminal 2 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firms of Weaver & Drover and Lescher & Mahoney and opened in 1962. Terminal 2 also featured
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1984-408: The airport announced plans for infrastructure upgrades at its central utility plant in Terminal 4, which will improve air conditioning at the airport. The $ 36 million project was funded by a FAA Airport Terminal Program grant included in the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law by President Joe Biden . On April 29, 2024, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced that
2046-609: The airport in Goldwater's memory but was deluged with public support for the familiar "Sky Harbor" name. Terminal 4, designed by DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., is the largest and busiest of the two terminals with 86 gates, divided into seven satellite concourses connected behind security. In 2007, the Transportation Security Administration introduced the first of its backscatter X-ray machines at PHX. In February 2020, Terminal 2 accepted its final flight and
2108-403: The bankruptcy. In 1994, America West was finally able to secure a reorganization allowing it to come out of bankruptcy, with a large portion of the airline owned by a partnership including Mesa Airlines and Continental Airlines , resulting in code sharing agreements with these airlines. To help reinvigorate the airline as they emerged from bankruptcy, a number of changes occurred, including
2170-628: The city of Phoenix to just 28 gates, with the growing Southwest Airlines agreeing to lease the remainder of Terminal 4. In June 1987 Ansett Transport Industries purchased a 20% stake in America West, increasing it to 26% in April 1991. In 1988, Patrick Thurston, Vice-President of Operations, Bob Russell, Chief of Pilots, and Carl Wobser, a captain, all pleaded guilty to multiple counts of narcotics trafficking. Three America West Airlines aircraft operated services in Australia with Ansett Australia during
2232-443: The construction of Terminal 4, approved in 1986, a temporary concourse was added to the southwest corner of Terminal 3 to give them six more gates (growing to eleven by 1990). The airline's growth continued in 1986 and the airline expanded its fleet, mainly with Boeing 757-200s purchased from Northwest Airlines (following Northwest's acquisition of Republic Airlines ) and a number of de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8s . (Unusually,
2294-782: The designations Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 have been "retired" and that it did not wish to renumber the other terminals since passengers were already familiar with the numbers in place. Terminals 3 and 4 continued to retain their numbers after the closing of Terminal 2. Bus gates are planned to be operated on the Terminal 2 site. Terminal 3 is used by most domestic or precleared arrivals including Frontier Airlines . Alaska Airlines also uses Terminal 3 for both its arrivals and departures. International carriers, American and Southwest operate in Terminal 4. PHX covers 3,400 acres (14 km ) at an elevation of 1,135 ft (346 m). The airport has three parallel concrete /grooved runways : All three runways can accommodate aircraft with
2356-498: The development of Terminal 4. America West requested that the construction include an auxiliary power facility and an underground cavity to accommodate a future rail station, to which the airport ultimately agreed. America West was one of the first airlines to use extensive "cross-utilization", in which employees were trained in a variety of airline jobs, such as pilots trained in dispatch, and both baggage handlers and flight attendants trained as gate agents. America West started as
2418-460: The early years, passengers could purchase their tickets on the aircraft. The airline quickly expanded, with 11 737s flying to 13 cities; in 1984, America West's fleet grew to 21 aircraft flying to 23 cities. The June 1984 timetable shows 71 weekday departures from Phoenix, non-stop to 18 cities; from 1985 to 1986, it established a second hub at Las Vegas. Confident in its expansion, the increasingly-dominant carrier at Phoenix Sky Harbor influenced
2480-482: The eight-gate S2 concourse for Southwest Airlines. This project was completed in 2004 and has a different architectural design from the other six concourses. The eighth and final concourse for Terminal 4 began construction in May 2019. Terminal 4 is named after former Arizona Senator and 1964 Presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater . After Goldwater's death in 1998, the then-mayor of Phoenix, Skip Rimsza , proposed renaming
2542-439: The former America West callsign and ICAO code retired in 2015 (alongside with the US Airways brand). America West's Phoenix hub has remained intact with American Airlines. As of September 27, 2005, at the time of the merger, America West Airlines' fleet consisted of the following aircraft: America West Airlines previously operated the following aircraft: America West Express services primarily operated by Mesa Airlines via
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2604-442: The government benefited from the program, drawing $ 300 million in profit. The ATSB denied applications from nine carriers: Ozark Airlines dba Great Plains Airlines , MEDjet International , Corporate Airlines , Gemini Air Cargo , Frontier Flying Service , Spirit Airlines , National Airlines , and both initial and revised applications from United Airlines and Vanguard Airlines . This United States government–related article
2666-594: The headquarters, which cost $ 37 million to construct. The construction of the building began in January 1998; the groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 19 of that year. The previous America West headquarters were demolished. America West had promotional partnerships with the Phoenix Suns NBA team, the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, and the Arizona Cardinals NFL team. In 1992, America West paid $ 26 million for
2728-420: The infamous Stock Market Crash of 1929 , sold the airport to Acme Investment Company, which owned the airport until 1935, when the city of Phoenix purchased Sky Harbor airport from Acme for $ 100,000. On February 23, 1929, Maddux Air Lines began the airport's first scheduled passenger service with a route between San Francisco and El Paso stopping in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and several other cities; however
2790-505: The largest commercial airports in the United States, PHX was the 8th-busiest airport in the United States and 22nd-busiest in the world in 2021. The airport serves as a hub for American Airlines and a base for Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines . The airport is also home to the 161st Air Refueling Wing (161 ARW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)–gained unit of the Arizona Air National Guard . The military enclave
2852-513: The management side, Founder Ed Beauvais was removed as CEO, remaining on the board of directors, and was replaced with Mike Conway, who had been with the airline since the start. Conway left the airline in 1994, replaced as CEO by A. Maurice Myers. America West's flight attendants unionized in 1993, ending cross-utilization between customer service agents , flight attendants and ground agents. Several maintenance and training functions previously operated in-house by America West were outsourced during
2914-540: The nine-story 225,000-square-foot (20,900 m ) building as its headquarters once America West and US Airways merged, but the building has since been vacated when US Airways' management team took over American Airlines in an acquisition. Jahna Berry of the Arizona Business Gazette said in 2005 that the building "is one of the dominant buildings in downtown Tempe." The City of Tempe gave America West $ 11 million in incentives and tax breaks so it could occupy
2976-582: The north side and S3 and S4 on the south side. In 1994 the N4 International Concourse was opened, adding 10 gates and a sterile walkway to the S4 concourse. In 1997 construction began on the 14-gate N1 concourse for America West Airlines. It was completed in June 1998 at a cost of $ 50 million, completing the expansion of the north side of the terminal. On the south side of the terminal, construction began in 2002 on
3038-482: The only remaining America West branding on aircraft were found on some seat covers and bulkheads. The merged airline used America West's "CACTUS" callsign and ICAO code "AWE", but retained the US Airways name. As part of a merger between American Airlines and US Airways in February 2013, which led to American becoming the world's largest airline, the call sign and ICAO code name was later retired on April 8, 2015, when
3100-653: The route eastward to New York by way of Dallas , Nashville , and many other cities making for a southern transcontinental route across the United States. TWA began service to San Francisco in 1938 and added Phoenix onto its transcontinental network by 1944 with flights to Los Angeles and eastward to New York stopping at Albuquerque , Kansas City , and many more cities. Arizona Airways began intrastate service within Arizona in 1946 and merged into Frontier Airlines in 1950 which added new routes to Denver , Albuquerque, and El Paso. Bonanza Airlines began service by 1951 with
3162-490: The same time frame there were over 29.5 million aircraft movements (commercial, military, general aviation) at PHX, an annual average of about 404,800 movements. PHX has grown over the years into a major US hub, and in 2020 was ranked the 24th-busiest airport in the world and eighth-busiest airport in the United States in passenger boardings. Travelers can access both terminals from the East Economy Parking by using
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#17328517328083224-536: The second quarter of 2005, America West entered merger negotiations with then-bankrupt US Airways. It was structured as a purchase of US Airways by America West Holdings ; however, the internal structure was a reverse merger , with legacy US Airways operations taken over by those of America West. As the holding companies merged, brand conversion began. The America West Club was renamed the US Airways Club in October 2005. All-new America West aircraft were delivered in
3286-410: The service was short-lived, ending by autumn 1929. Standard Air Lines had been serving Phoenix since late 1927 at a different airport and began landing at Sky Harbor on August 5, 1929. Standard operated a route between Los Angeles and El Paso stopping at Phoenix, Tucson , and Douglas, Arizona . Standard was acquired by American Airways in 1930 which later became American Airlines . American extended
3348-657: The temporary Terminal 3 concourse; the Nagoya route carried almost no passengers; tensions before the Gulf War caused fuel costs to rise. America West filed for bankruptcy in June 1991. In June 1995, W. Douglas Parker joined America West as senior vice president and chief financial officer; he would be elected chairman, president and CEO in September 2001. The airline was fined $ 2.5 million for maintenance violations in July 1998, and in August 2000
3410-580: The time but this never came to fruition. America West had also planned on announcing an order of 60 aircraft on September 12, 2001, but this was quickly retracted after the September 11th attacks . The airline had a frequent flyer program called FlightFund . In 2006, FlightFund was merged into the US Airways Dividend Miles program, which in turn merged into the American Airlines AAdvantage program in 2015. The following
3472-721: Was at the hub in an area previously used for a TWA Ambassadors' Club. In late 2001, America West was the first airline to apply for and receive a loan from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board . As of April 2005, the remaining balance on the loan was $ 300 million. The ATSB loan and its guarantees were paid back by US Airways and the debt refinanced by other lenders during the merger. On May 1, 2002, America West ended its partnership with Continental Airlines, citing low code-shared flight sales. In 2003, America West Airlines closed its Port Columbus hub, reducing scheduled daily flights from almost 50 to 4. In
3534-476: Was conceived by J. Parker Van Zandt, the owner of Scenic Airways , who purchased 278 acres of farmland for Scenic's winter operations in November 1928. Sky Harbor was not only named but founded and built by Van Zandt in late 1928. He immediately commenced building a 100 x 120 foot airplane hangar and through early 1929 built one runway. This was the fourth airport built in Phoenix . Scenic Airways, lacking funds after
3596-440: Was designed by DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., was completed in 2007. Construction on Terminal 3 began in January 1977. Designed by DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., Terminal 3 opened in October 1979, and the "East" and "West" names were dropped since there were no longer only two terminals. In October 1989, ground was broken for Terminal 4, the largest terminal. It opened on November 2, 1990, with four concourses: N2 and N3 on
3658-407: Was first operated with a Douglas DC-10 aircraft but soon upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 . After World War II , the airport began work on a new passenger terminal, as well as a new parallel runway and a diagonal runway. On the February 1953 C&GS diagram runways 8L and 8R are each 6,000 feet (1,800 m) long and runway 3 is 5,500 feet (1,700 m). The $ 835,000 Terminal 1 (originally called
3720-501: Was relocated to the Rental Car Center in 2021 following the decommissioning and demolition of Terminal 2. In November 2006, a Military and Veterans Hospitality Room, sponsored by the Phoenix Military and Veterans Commission, was opened in Terminal 2. It has since relocated to Terminal 4 as the new USO club. This terminal underwent two renovation projects. The first was completed in 1988. The second project, which cost $ 24 million and
3782-484: Was the only wide-body aircraft America West used for long-haul flights. The airline also expanded narrow-body jet service to Mexican destinations. In 1990, America West moved into the new Terminal 4 at Phoenix and took delivery of several Airbus A320s originally destined for now-defunct Braniff Airways . Braniff had purchased the order rights from Pan Am , another troubled carrier, and the A320s were sold to America West at
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#17328517328083844-473: Was then decommissioned. Demolition occurred in early 2021 with the terminal being replaced by concrete stands for aircraft, accessible by bus from other terminals. Airlines previously using Terminal 2 were relocated to Terminal 3, which had completed renovations in January 2020. In January 2021, Terminal 3 was renamed in honor of Senator John McCain by the Phoenix City Council. In February 2024,
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