 Braniff had purchased the order rights from Pan Am, another troubled carrier, and the A320s were sold to America West at a steep discount.Annual revenue reached a billion dollars, the threshold for the Department of Transportation to categorize America West as a major airline.The July 1990 timetable shows 182 weekday departures from Phoenix non-stop to 46 airports, and 132 departures from Las Vegas to 39 airports.