![]() America West was a strong supporter of several sports teams located near its hub operations and it was in fact one of these agreements which kicked off its repainting of its 757s into special schemes. The airline had signed a marketing agreement with the Phoenix Suns basketball team as early as 1989, which renamed their new stadium the America West Arena. It was their colours which were the first to be adopted, upon N907AW, and for many years the team flew an America West 737-100 for their away fixtures. It was the first of three sports team tie-ups, however the second special scheme adopted celebrated America West Airlines and its employees and was named Teamwork... Sports Teams America West Boeing 757-225 - Phoenix Suns Registration N907AW MSN / LN 22691 / 155 Delivery Date 10/12/87 Transfer Date 27/09/2005 AWA took over several ex-Eastern 757s and also some that were built for Eastern but not taken up by them. This frame was originally leased as N527EA but became N907AW soon afterwards. Following AWA’s bankruptcy in the early 90s she was returned to her lessor and joined TAESA of Mexico as XA-TCD. They returned her in April 1994 and she rejoined AWA with her original rego but was painted into special Phoenix Suns Baseball colours. She was repainted in 2003 and passed to US Airways in 2005. She was again returned to her lessor in 2006 and became TF-LLZ with Icelandair. Reregistered TF-LLY in 2008 she served a number of leases before being converted to a freighter in 2009 for FedEx, with whom she is now N941FD. America West Boeing 757-2S7 - Arizona Diamondbacks Registration N904AW MSN / LN 23566 / 96 Delivery Date 05/87 Transfer Date 12/06 AWA's second sports partnership was with the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team whose ground is situated next to the Phoenix Suns. AWA invested in the team and became its official airline whilst it unveiled its themed 757 on May 17, 1996.
America West Boeing 757-2G7 - Arizona Cardinals Registration N908AW MSN / LN 24233 / 244 Delivery Date 25/08/89 Transfer Date 12/06 Three of the 757s would wear sporting colours for much of their lives with N908AW being emblazoned with a red Arizona Cardinals scheme in 1998. She wasn’t repainted into the US Airways post-merger scheme until late 2006 and was refitted with winglets soon afterwards. She could still be regularly seen at Phoenix and Las Vegas into 2014. Teamwork
America West Boeing 757-2S7 - Teamwork Coast to Coast Registration N902AW MSN / LN 23322 / 79 Delivery Date 22/05/87 Transfer Date 17/02/07 N602RC was one of six 757s delivered new to Republic and taken on by AWA in 1987. She was originally delivered on 6th December 1985 and merged into Northwest’s fleet in October 1986. She became N902AW in November 1987 five months after delivery to AWA. In August 1994 she was painted in special teamwork colours designed by Ann Rogan, daughter of pilot John Rogan. This was updated in June 2000, following an employee contest, with a new Teamwork Coast to Coast scheme displaying landmarks in States served by HP. It continued to wear this scheme until February 2007 by which time AWA had been merged into US Airways. The frame is now part of the American Airlines fleet following the US/AA merger. In a nice touch after 9/11 the Twin Towers, which featured on the aircraft's rear, gained a large US flag.
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