Exhibit 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     The audits referred to in our report dated March 28, 2001, included the
related consolidated financial statement schedule as listed in Item 14(a)(2) for
the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, 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. 333-40486), (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 sheet of America West
Holdings Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income (loss) for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated financial statement schedule,
which report appears in the December 31, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of
America West Holdings Corporation.


KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
March 27, 2002


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