Editing America West Airlines (section)

===Bankruptcy===
[[File:America West Airlines Boeing 737-300 and America West Express Beech 1900 Kennaugh.jpg|thumb|America West [[Boeing 737-300]] and [[America West Express]] [[Beechcraft 1900D]] at Sky Harbor (1995)]]

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 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 representative|customer service agents]], flight attendants and ground agents. Several maintenance and training functions previously operated in-house by America West were outsourced during the bankruptcy.