Editing America West Airlines (section)

==Headquarters==
[[File:America West HQ Tempe - North.jpg|thumb|The headquarters of America West Airlines in [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]], which also served as the headquarters for US Airways post-acquisition]]

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.<ref name="azcentral.com">Berry, Jahna (June 2, 2005). "[http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/0602amwest-tempe.html Tempe breathes a sigh on AmWest merger plan]." ''[[Arizona Business Gazette]]''. Retrieved March 1, 2010.</ref> The airline used the nine-story<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=115806F0B18C72C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Phoenix mostly shrugs at prospect of Delta merger]." ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''. November 19, 2006. A1. Retrieved on March 1, 2010. "More than 700 people work at US Airways' nine-story headquarters."</ref> {{convert|225000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building as its headquarters once America West and US Airways merged,<ref>"[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55264733.html Article: Carey Diversified Finances America West Headquarters; $25 Million Non-Recourse Mortgage Secured by Recently Completed Facility.]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}" ''[[PR Newswire]]''. July 27, 1999. Retrieved on March 1, 2010.</ref> 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."<ref name="azcentral.com"/> The City of Tempe gave America West $11 million in incentives and tax breaks so it could occupy the headquarters, which cost $37 million to construct.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UGczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NiEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4255,2375296&dq=america-west+headquarters&hl=en| title=United-America West Deal Has Implications Across The West| agency=[[Associated Press]]| newspaper=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]| date=January 22, 1999| page=13| access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> The construction of the building began in January 1998; the groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 19 of that year.<ref>"[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20321283.html America West Completes Financing of New Corporate Headquarters]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}." ''[[PR Newswire]]''. February 19, 1998. Retrieved on March 1, 2010.</ref> The previous America West headquarters were demolished.<ref>Lehman, William. "[http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/history/americawest.html Part VII - America West]." [[US Airways]]. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.</ref>