CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




The Board of Directors
America West Airlines, Inc., D.I.P.:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement nos.
2-84022,  2-84023, 2-89485,  2-92118,  2-95934, 33-1755,  33-1756, 33-5461,
33-5462,  33-5463,  33-14325,  33-14326,  33-14327,  33-  19888,  33-21763,
33-21764,  33-24600,  33-28481, 33-28478,  33-28480,  33- 35221,  33-35155,
33-35150,  33-35164, 33-40938  and 33-40939  on Forms  S-8 of  America West
Airlines, Inc., D.I.P. of our report dated March 18,  1994, relating to the
balance sheets  of America West  Airlines, Inc., D.I.P. as  of December 31,
1993 and  1992, and the  related statements of  operations, cash flows  and
stockholders' equity (deficiency) and related financial statement schedules
for each  of the years  in the  three-year period ended  December 31, 1993,
which report appears in the December 31, 1993 annual report on Form 10-K of
America West Airlines, Inc., D.I.P.

Our report  dated March 18,  1994, contains  an explanatory paragraph  that
describes events and  circumstances that raise substantial  doubt about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern.  The financial statements
and financial statement schedules do not include any adjustments that might
result from  the outcome  of  that uncertainty.   In  addition, our  report
refers  to  the adoption  of  the  Financial Accounting  Standards  Board's
Statement  of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income
Taxes, January 1, 1993.


KPMG PEAT MARWICK


Phoenix, Arizona
March 25, 1994