America West Reports Record July And Year-To-Date Traffic.

PHOENIX, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ --

America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA) today reported record traffic statistics for the month of July and year-to-date 2001. Revenue passenger miles (RPM) for July were a record 1.9 billion, up 6.0 percent from July 2000. Capacity increased 4.1 percent in July to a record 2.4 billion available seat miles (ASM). The passenger load factor for the month was a record 79.4 percent, up 1.4 points from July a year ago.

America West also reported record traffic for year-to-date 2001. The year- to-date passenger load factor was a record 73.3 percent compared with 71.4 percent for the same period of 2000. RPMs were up 7.5 percent for the year to a record 12.0 billion, while ASMs rose 4.7 percent to a record 16.3 billion.

The following summarizes America West's July and year-to-date traffic results for 2001 and 2000:

July 2001 July 2000 % Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,896,594 1,789,229 6.0

Available Seat Miles (000) 2,387,557 2,293,969 4.1

Load Factor (percent) 79.4 78.0 1.4 pts.

YTD 2001 YTD 2000 % Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,983,253 11,143,840 7.5

Available Seat Miles (000) 16,339,415 15,607,375 4.7

Load Factor (percent) 73.3 71.4 1.9 pts.

America West Airlines, the nation's eighth-largest carrier, serves 92 destinations with more than 900 daily departures in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Along with its codeshare partners, America West serves more than 180 destinations worldwide. America West Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of America West Holdings Corporation, an aviation and travel services company with 2000 sales of $2.3 billion.

This press release, as well as releases issued in the past year by America West Holdings and its affiliates, can be accessed on the America West Internet site at www.americawest.com or via the company's fax-on-demand system by calling 888/AWA-FAXS.

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