America World Airlines (CLOSED)

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New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT: America World Airlines has announced the opening of a new hub in Salt Lake City, Utah today.  The hub is planned to be opened sometime next month.  In addition, America World Airlines has announced new routes from our new hub:
Salt Lake City to:
Daytona Beach, FL*
Oakland, CA
San Francisco, CA
Colorado Springs, CO
*Service to Daytona Beach, FL will begin upon delivery of an aircraft capable of flying this route.

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New York, NY-America World Airlines celebrated 75 flights today with the start of new transatlantic service to London's Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom.  The new service is on the Boeing 767-300 and is flown once daily.  We also offer the lowest fares between New York and London!

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has opened its new hub in Salt Lake City today with new routes.  Service from Salt Lake City to the following cities began today:
Oakland, CA
San Francisco, CA
Colorado Springs, CO
Burbank, CA
Sacramento, CA
Los Angeles, CA
We look forward to putting Salt Lake City on the map!

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New York, NY/Norfolk, VA: America World Airlines has opened another hub in Norfolk, Virginia today with intentions to connect our cities in the north to our cities in the south to compliment our Main New York Hub.  Norfolk will also serve other cities in the northeast that do not receive service to New York due to driving distance (Islip, NY, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, etc.).

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New York, NY-America World Airlines continues to let the good times roll with the opening of a Caribbean Hub in San Juan, Puerto Rico!  New routes have been launched to many vacation destinations as well as convenient access from the US East Coast in the following cities:
New York-Kennedy (Hub)
Norfolk, VA (Hub)
Daytona Beach, FL (Largest Non-Hub Station)
In addition, San Juan has flights to:
St. Thomas
St. Maarten
Aruba
Bermuda
Montego Bay
And More to Come!
America World Airlines has an efficient, yet diverse fleet to offer daily service to many types of markets ranging from a Fokker 70 to Boeing 767.  The airline is a large Boeing 737 operator and has Five Hubs:
New York-Kennedy Int'l
St. Louis (Lambert-St. Louis Int'l)
Salt Lake City Int'l
Norfolk Int'l
San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Int'l

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Daytona Beach, FL-America World Airlines, the largest carrier at Daytona Beach International Airport in Daytona Beach, FL has been named airline of the year today.  America World Airlines launched its first daily flight to Daytona Beach on May 19, 1995 from New York-Kennedy Airport.  As the airline continued its growth in the Airline Industry, daily service to St. Louis was added as America World Airlines built its hub.  As America World Airlines opened its hub in Salt Lake City, rumors were hot in Daytona Beach as to whether or not the airline would add nonstop service to Salt Lake City.  The rumors proved true as America World Airlines quickly rose to new heights in Daytona Beach with such a large percentage of the market.  That number grew higher as service to the new Norfolk Hub began as well as San Juan, being our only non hub city in the Continental United States with nonstop access to San Juan.
America World Airlines proudly provides daily nonstop service from Daytona Beach to all five of its hubs.  However, America World Airlines could not keep its fares low without its friendly competitors whose planes also land in Daytona Beach.
New Alliance Partner Japan Airlines provides a daily nonstop flight to Atlanta, Georgia while friendly competitor XL Airways links the Worlds Most Famous Beach with the Happiest Place on Earth with one daily flight (Daytona Beach-Orlando).  America World Airlines operates from gate 3 in Daytona Beach's Airline Terminal.
"On behalf of our Daytona Beach Staff and the rest of America World Airlines, I want to thank Daytona Beach International Airport and all the Volusia County Staff for taking the time to recognize our airline.  We remain committed to Daytona Beach, and that is not subject to change.  I also want to thank the community for welcoming us with open arms.  We all look forward to serving you." says CEO Evan K who flew to Daytona Beach from his home in New York (Via Kennedy Airport of course) to celebrate with the America World Airlines staff in Daytona Beach who keep the operations running smoothly.

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has released a statement in regards to XL Airways Ceasing Operations:

America World Airlines regrets to hear of XL's planes being grounded.  They have been a friendly competitor and an honor to work with, especially in Daytona Beach.  We are opening our arms to accommodate all passengers who have been affected by the closing of the business.  We hope they can sort out the situation and take back the friendly skies.

Says CEO Evan K.

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New York, NY: America World Airlines has celebrated the start of its 200th route today as flight number 200, a Boeing 757 bound for Nassau, BS, departed New York's Kennedy Airport today.  In addition, 116 of those routes are flown out of New York as well.  America World Airlines has captured nearly 36% of John F. Kennedy International Airport's market share with its 116 daily flights making it Kennedy Airport's largest carrier!  KLM comes in second with nearly 33% market share and 93 daily flights.  In addition, New York passengers enjoy America World Airlines' state-of-the-art passenger terminal that is exclusive to America World Airlines currently with 14 gates.  The airline has also ordered two Boeing 717-200's set to be delivered soon as well.  It is expected that these aircraft will either be based in our Norfolk Hub or St. Louis Hub.

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New York, NY; Oakland, CA; Daytona Beach, FL-America World Airlines has issued a statement in response to Virgin America's New Service in Daytona Beach, FL:
"We welcome Virgin America to Daytona Beach International Airport!  It was per our recommendation that they begin flying to the area.  Since XL left Daytona Beach last year, the airport was seeing an increase in costs that were being relayed to the two airlines using the airport.  America World Airlines recommended adding service between Chicago and Daytona Beach and is pleased to see expanded service from Denver and Detroit as well!  Virgin America is a great alliance partner and we hope to continue doing great business with them.  Our interline agreement does extend into Daytona Beach as well so in the event of any delays or cancellations our America World Airlines Customer Service Team in Daytona Beach will be happy to rebook you with Virgin America.  In the event of a cancellation with Virgin America, their Daytona Beach Customer Service Team will be just as happy to rebook you with America World Airlines." says CEO Evan K.

Daytona Beach International Airport has a 6 gate facility with 3 of those gates in use right now.  The following airlines serve Daytona Beach, FL:
Japan Airlines (Gate 1): Atlanta
Virgin America (Gate 3): Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Detroit
America World Airlines (Gate 2): New York-Kennedy, Norfolk, Salt Lake City, San Juan, St. Louis

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has added service to Vail, Colorado today.  Vail is a popular ski destination for many people.  The airline added one daily flight to New York-JFK on the Boeing 757-200 and one daily flight to St. Louis on the Fokker 70.  Both new destinations for this area!  In addition, Alliance Partner Virgin America serves the airport and allows for code sharing on their flights as well!

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has launched new service out of its brand new hub in Honolulu, Hawaii!  The airline launched new intra-island service in addition to two new daily routes to Tokyo's Haneda Airport!  The first is from our own Honolulu hub and the second is a route to Sydney, Australia made possible through our SkyTeam Alliance!  In addition, our Honolulu Hub is accessible from Daytona Beach, FL!

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New York, NY-Higher operating costs in today's post-9/11 economy have caused America World Airlines to increase air fares on some routes by up to £60 round trip.  Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 on our home town of New York, America World Airlines has taken a huge hit at our hometown hub at Kennedy Airport in New York.  Unfortunately the airline was forced to increase air fares.  We hope that the economy will stabilize soon and we will be able to offer lower fares again.

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has added new daily nonstop service from New York to Moscow today using the Boeing 767-200ER.  We are the only carrier to fly nonstop from New York to Moscow as well!
In addition, we have made a few capacity adjustments in our domestic route network as well.  Our service to Norfolk from New York's LaGuardia Airport has been switched to the Boeing 717-200 aircraft.  Doing so enabled us to bring our service to Norfolk from Daytona Beach International Airport from 1.5 up to 2 daily flights!  We continue to hold strong in Daytona Beach and are not going to loosen our grip.

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For release in Daytona Beach, FL, New York, NY, Oakland, CA, Atlanta, GA:
SkyTeam members America World Airlines, Japan Airlines, and Virgin America have joined together to report on the increase of air service in Daytona Beach, Florida.  The CEO of America World Airlines, the largest carrier at the airport with ten daily flights to all six of its hubs confirmed that the airport is currently served exclusively by SkyTeam Carriers.  The CEO of Virgin America, the airport's second largest carrier with nine daily flights to four of its thirteen hubs added that the three carriers work together in Daytona Beach through friendly competition and code sharing.  America World Airlines and Virgin America together make up for 93.01% of Daytona's market share while Japan Airlines makes up for the last 6.99%.  The following list contains the airlines, specific gates used, destinations, and frequencies at DBIA:

America World Airlines (Gate 2):
New York-JFK, NY (Hub): 3 daily
St. Louis, MO (Hub): 2 daily
Norfolk, VA (Hub): 2 daily
Salt Lake City, UT (Hub): 1 daily
San Juan, PR (Hub): 1 Daily
Honolulu, HI (Hub): 1 daily

Japan Airlines (Gate 1):
Atlanta, GA (Hub): 1 daily

Virgin America (Gate 3):
Chicago-O'Hare, IL (Hub): 1.5 daily
Denver, CO (Hub): 1.5 daily
Detroit, MI (Hub): 3 daily
Minneapolis/St. Paul (Hub): 2 daily

Volusia County, along with America World Airlines, Japan Airlines, and Virgin America have embarked on a marketing campaign aimed at attracting customers and making them aware of the large operation at Daytona Beach International Airport.

"These airlines have put a lot into our local airport," says DBIA Director of Air Service Development Stephen J. Cooke, "Daytona Beach International Airport offers an abundant amount of air service to major hubs with connecting opportunities around the world at affordable prices!"

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New York, NY-America World Airlines has added new daily nonstop service from its hub in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Madrid's Barajas International Airport in Spain.  The aircraft is a Boeing 767-300ER that was previously used on our former Tokyo Haneda-Sydney Route.  "We felt that with Sydney being served from Honolulu, we would be able to better utilize the airplane on a more profitable route," says the Director of Route Planning for America World Airlines.  With the airline in a bit of a poor financial situation, the airplanes in service need to make more money to generate a profit and put us back in the black.