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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.
This required operation under a single call sign and identifier and that of America West ("CACTUS" and "AWE") were chosen as a sign of the company lineage. In addition, flights operated using former America West aircraft and crews were numbered 1–699, whereas flights operated by pre-merger US Airways aircraft and crews were numbered 700–1999.
Call sign Country/Region Comments PR BOI 2GO: ABAIR Philippines EVY 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force: Multiple GNL 135 Airways: GENERAL United States 1A n/a Amadeus IT Group S.A. n/a Global GDS and airline hosting system (CRS/PSS) 1B n/a Sabre travel network Asia-Pacific (ex-Abacus) n/a APAC Regional distribution 1E n/a Travelsky n/a China
America West Airlines, and later U.S. Airways after their merger in 2007, used the call sign "CACTUS" for radio communication on flights. America West was based in Phoenix, AZ, and "cactus" was chosen as a tribute to the saguaro cacti growing in the Phoenix area. [citation needed]
Call sign Country Comments OMN Servicios Aereos Ominia: SERVIOMNIA Mexico 2014 [1] SEN Servicios de Aviacion Sierra: SERVISIERRA Mexico 2014 [1] SGC SGC Aviation: SAINT GEORGE Austria 2014 [1] SCJ Siamjet Aviation: SIAMJET Thailand 2014 [1] SIX Sixt Rent A Car: DRIVE ORANGE United States 2014 [1] SOG Solenta Aviation Ghana: Ghana 2014 [1] QSR ...
Call sign Country Comments UEU United European Airlines: UNITED EUROPEAN Romania 2014 [1] UCG Uniworld Air Cargo: UNIWORLD Panama 2014 [1] CUH Urumqi Airlines: LOULAN China 2014 [1] DOD USAF Air Mobility Operations Control Center United States DOI U.S. Department of the Interior: INTERIOR United States Office of Aircraft Services CNV
14 Cactus call sign. 1 comment. 15 US Airline Pilots Association article - Solicitation for input. ... The America West Express redirect would need to be changed.
The call sign was appended to British Airways' normal radio call sign, e.g. "Speedbird-Concorde One". [8] Air France, the only other airline to operate the Concorde commercially, did not use the "Concorde" call sign at all in normal service; its Concorde flights simply used the standard Airfrans call sign. [citation needed]