 america west express was the name for america west airlines commuter and regional flights operated by mesa air group's mesa airlines under a code share agreement. today mesa airlines operates for us airways express. mesa airlines operated america west express from hubs at sky harbor international airport in phoenix, arizona, mccarran international airport in las vegas, nevada, and los angeles international airport in los angeles, california to regional destinations. america west express fleet consisted of 61 turboprop and regional jet aircraft. ==history==  america west express started as a regional carrier in association with america west airlines with a hub at sky harbor international airport in phoenix, arizona. the name "america west express" was taken from the old america west airlines cargo service which had begun in 1985. originally, america west operated the dash-8 turboprop aircraft, but on november 30, 1992, america west signed a codeshare agreement with mesa airlines to operate america west airlines' regional and commuter services. in the mid-1990s, with the opening of the america west airlines hub at port columbus international airport in columbus, ohio, america west airlines used chautauqua airlines to provide commuter service to feed the hub. when the hub was shut down, the chautauqua airlines code share was discontinued, leaving mesa as the sole operator of aw express services. in 2003, america west greatly increased the size of their express operation by starting new routes operated by regional jets from its hub at mccarran international airport in las vegas, nevada. in 2006 america west express was branded as us airways express. ==destinations==  ==historical fleet==  {| class="wikitable" ! type || aircraft || seats
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