America West, JetBlue airlines adding service

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 | 11:09 a.m.

America West Airlines will add seven round-trip flights to and from Las Vegas in March, including new service to Eugene, Ore.

The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline also will reinstate seasonal service to Mexico City and add two daily flights to San Francisco and single daily round trips to and from Denver, Phoenix, San Diego and San Jose, Calif.

The new Eugene flights will use twin-engine 50-passenger Canadair Regional Jets, operated by America West partner Mesa Airlines as America West Express.

With the service additions, America West will now have three daily round trips to Denver, three to San Diego, seven to San Francisco, 12 to Phoenix and an average of 2 1/2 to San Jose.

America West, the second-largest commercial carrier at McCarran International Airport, will have 81 daily flights to and from Las Vegas, just under half the number offered by No. 1 Southwest Airlines.

Meanwhile, New York-based JetBlue Airways has firmed the start-up dates for its third and daily fourth round trips between Las Vegas and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

JetBlue, which has two New York flights a day, will add a third Jan. 16 and a fourth on Feb. 20. The airline also has three flights a day to Long Beach, Calif.