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The bankruptcy forced a number of changes on the management side as well. Founder and CEO Ed Beauvais was removed as CEO, but remained on the board of directors, while Mike Conway, who had been with the airline since its start, was appointed as the new CEO, although he in turn would leave the airline in 1994, replaced by A.

Maurice Myers. America Wests Flight Attendants also unionized in 1993, a move which ended the cross-utilization between customer service agents, flight attendants, and ground agents.

Many maintenance and training functions that were previously operated by America West in-house were also outsourced during the bankruptcy. Finally, in 1994 America West managed to secure a reorganization that allowed it e out of bankruptcy, with a large portion of the airline owned by a partnership including Mesa Airlines and Continental Airlines, which resulted in code-sharing agreements with these airlines.

To help reinvigorate the airline as it emerged from bankruptcy, a number of consumer-visible changes occurred, including a new color scheme and logo still in use as of 2005, new livery, E-ticket, and online ticket purchasing in 1996. The airline continued ordering Airbus A320 aircraft, and gradually started retiring its older Boeing 737-200 aircraft.

In 1990s, America West Airlines opened an east coast hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Chautauqua Airlines was used to muter and regional flights.

An America West Club was provided for the hub. In 2000s America West Airlines received a loan of $380 million from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board.

As of April 2005, the remaining balance on the loan was $300 million. On October 19, 2005, the loan was repaid when the debt was refinanced with other lenders.

In February of 2003, America West Airlines announced plans to close the Port Columbus International Airport hub. The closure pleted later that year reducing the number of scheduled flights from near 50 a day to only 4.

America West Airlines, in conjunction with SkyMedia International, pioneered advertising space inside the cabin of the aircraft as an additional revenue source to help bring costs down. panies developed FAA approved tray-table advertising.

With the merger of the panies, described above, major changes will happen at America West. Eventually, the America West name will disappear in late 2007.

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