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Flagstaff was served in the late 1940s by Arizona Airways, which merged into Frontier Airlines in 1950. Douglas DC-3 and Convair 340 prop aircraft as well as Convair 580 turboprops were operated on flights to Phoenix as well as direct, no change of plane service to Denver via Gallup, New Mexico, Farmington, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado.
The flights to Phoenix, still operating with Convair 580s, were discontinued in 1979 and flights to Albuquerque ended in 1981. On June 1, 1982, Frontier had retired its Convair 580 aircraft fleet and was operating all 737 jets at Durango, now with nonstop flights to Denver and return flights stopping in Farmington.
Sun West Airlines began in early 1980 with Piper Navajo Chieftain's on a Phoenix–Gallup–Farmington–Durango route, a route vacated by the original Frontier Airlines using 50-seat Convair 580's the year prior. Flights from Albuquerque to Gallup and Farmington began by October 26, 1980, and to Durango by mid-1981.
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.
These are the airports served by American Airlines' American Eagle brand, composed of six FAA and DOT certificated regional airlines. Three regional airlines, Envoy Air , PSA Airlines , and Piedmont Airlines , are wholly owned subsidiaries of American, but whose aircraft are in American Eagle livery. [ 1 ]
Following the merger of US Airways and American Airlines, the new company consolidated its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, abandoning the US Airways headquarters in Phoenix, AZ. As of 2015, American Airlines is the corporation with the most significant presence in Fort Worth. [154]
Interior of Terminal 2 in the 1960s with a view of Paul Coze's mural The Phoenix Sky Harbor's Control Tower with downtown Phoenix in the distance American Airlines aircraft at Terminal 4 Sky Harbor Airport's evocative name was conceived by J. Parker Van Zandt, the owner of Scenic Airways , who purchased 278 acres of farmland for Scenic's winter ...
The original Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) briefly served Bisbee/Douglas in the early 1950s using DC-3s on flights to Phoenix, stopping at Nogales and Tucson, Arizona. Apache Airlines service ended in 1970 and was followed by Cochise Airlines which served the airport from 1971 through 1975 using de Havilland Twin Otters. Copper State Airlines ...