America West Airlines Takes Off With Wireless Flight Information Enabled by Everypath.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 America West's Flight Status, Flight Schedules and FlightFund(TM) Activity Available On Wireless Mobile Devices America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AWA AWA As Well As (internet chat lingo) AWA Animal Welfare Act AWA Australian Workplace Agreement AWA America West Airlines AWA Anime Weekend Atlanta (Anime convention in Atlanta, GA) ) today announced the availability of anytime, anywhere customer access to real-time flight status, flight schedules and FlightFund(TM) account activity. Customers can now access real-time flight arrival times, departure times, gate information, city-by-city current and future flight schedules, and recent FlightFund(TM) account activity on Palm OS PDAs, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. )-enabled cell phones and Blackberry (RIM) two-way pagers. America West partnered with Everypath, Inc., the leading mobile software platform and services provider, to develop and deploy the wireless application. "Providing our customers with access to pertinent flight information in a timely and convenient manner underscores our commitment to our customers. We will continue to enhance our wireless services and offer more products and information to customers anytime, anywhere," said Scott Kirby, senior vice president of eBusiness at America West. "Everypath was able to develop a robust mobile offering on multiple devices in a short time frame and provided a scalable solution that will grow with us as the mobile space continues to evolve." "We give our customers the flexibility to grow at their own pace, even if that pace is hugely accelerated," explained Venktesh Shukla, chief executive officer of Everypath. "The Everypath Mobile Application Platform provides a rapid application development environment that accommodates different types of data sources and delivers applications and information to a broad variety of devices. It also provides extensibility to new applications and devices whenever America West Airlines wants to add them." Detailed instructions on how to access information through wireless devices is available on America West's Web site, www.americawest.com. About Everypath, Inc. Everypath is the leading software platform and services provider that offers enterprises a secure and scalable mobile solution. The Everypath Mobile Application Platform and Intelligent Rendering(TM) process mobilize corporate applications, database information and web content for customized interaction with the widest array of wireless, broadband and voice devices -- including smart phones, PDAs, pagers, interactive TV and ordinary voice telephones. Everypath has over 60 customers and strategic alliances, including Accenture, America West Airlines, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, E*TRADE, Engage, Hewlett-Packard, iPlanet, Liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999. , Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Paytrust, Salesforce.com, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and UpShot. Everypath is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with international offices in India, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For more information visit www.everypath.com or call toll free 800/355-1068. About America West Airlines America West Airlines, the nation's ninth-largest carrier, serves 91 destinations with more than 890 daily departures in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Mexico. Along with its codeshare partners, America West serves more than 145 destinations worldwide. America West Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of America West Holdings America West Holdings Corporation is an Arizona-based company owned by US Airways Group Inc. Its primary holding is America West Airlines. America West's corporate offices in Tempe are housed in one of the first commercial high-rise buildings constructed in the downtown Corporation, an aviation and travel services company with 1999 sales of $2.2 billion. This press release, as well as releases issued in the past year by America West Holdings and its affiliates, can be accessed on the America West Internet site at www.americawest.com. Note to Editors: EVERYPATH and INTELLIGENT RENDERING are trademarks of Everypath, Inc. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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