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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT


THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS
AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION:

     The audits referred to in our report dated March 28, 2001, included the
related consolidated financial statement schedule as listed in Item 14(d) for
the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, included herein. The
consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
consolidated financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion,
such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly,
in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 No. 33-60555), (Form S-8 No. 333-26935), (Form S-8 No. 333-70486),
(Form S-8 No. 333-94361), (Form S-3 No. 333-51107) and (Form S-3 No. 333-02129)
of America West Holdings Corporation of our report dated March 28, 2001,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of America West Holdings
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders' equity for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and the related
consolidated financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December
31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of America West Holdings Corporation.

KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
March 28, 2001