America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA), the nation's second-largest low-cost airline, announced today that it will add service between its Las Vegas hub and 11 existing destinations, beginning Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. Flights will be added between Las Vegas and the following cities: Chicago/O'Hare; Denver; Los Angeles; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Oakland, Calif.; Orange County, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Salt Lake City; San Jose, Calif.; Seattle/Tacoma; and Vancouver, British Columbia. With these new flights, America West will offer nonstop service from Las Vegas to 54 destinations, more than any other airline, with 133 daily departures.

"As demand in Las Vegas increases, the hometown airline is thrilled to provide our customers with additional flights to and from California, the Pacific Northwest and key markets in the country's heartland," said Dion Flannery, vice president, scheduling, route planning and Internet distribution. Now even more customers can experience the thrill of one of the top tourist destinations in the world, thanks to America West's extensive service, low fares and packages offered through America West Vacations."

The additional flights between Las Vegas and 11 existing markets are listed below:

Market Additional Flights Total flights Denver 1 4 Los Angeles 2 12 Minneapolis/St. Paul 1 3 Oakland, Calif. 1 4 Chicago/O'Hare 1 4 Portland, Ore. 1 4 Seattle/Tacoma 1 5 San Jose, Calif. 1 3.5 Salt Lake City 1 2 Orange County, Calif. 1 6 Vancouver, British Columbia 1 2

This new service is the latest in a series of new flights added to Las Vegas this year. So far, America West has initiated convenient, non-stop service between its Las Vegas hub and the following 15 new cities: Austin, Texas; Burbank, Calif.; Calgary, Alberta; Cleveland; Edmonton, Alberta; El Paso, Texas; Fresno, Calif.; Houston; Medford, Ore.; New Orleans; San Antonio, Texas; San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Vancouver, British Columbia; and most recently, the airline announced service to Los Cabos (effective Oct. 31, 2004) and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (effective Nov. 1, 2004). The airline also introduced additional flights this year between Las Vegas and the following existing cities: Boston; Detroit; Los Angeles; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Oakland, Calif.; Ontario, Calif.; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; Reno, Nev.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose, Calif.; and Santa Barbara, Calif. Collectively, the 41 flights added thus far in 2004 have resulted in 45 percent growth in the airline's Las Vegas hub year over year.

For more information or to purchase airfare, customers may visit www.americawest.com or call America West at 1-800-2-FLY-AWA (1-800-235-9292). To book a vacation package, visit www.americawestvacations.com or call America West Vacations at 1-800-2-FLY-AWV (1-800-235-9298). Customers can also make reservations through a travel agent.

America West Vacations is one of the largest vacation package companies in the U.S., with packages available to Las Vegas, Reno/Lake Tahoe, Alaska, Arizona, California, Mexico, New York City, Boston, Hawaii and Costa Rica. Packages include roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations and other options such as tour passes and rental cars. Air transportation may be provided on America West Airlines, America West Express (operated by Mesa Airlines, Air Midwest or Freedom Airlines) or Hawaiian Airlines.

America West Airlines is the nation's second largest low-cost airline and the only carrier formed since deregulation to achieve major airline status. America West's 13,000 employees serve nearly 55,000 customers a day in 96 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica.

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