Hughes Airwest

Hughes Airwest
Founded	April 17, 1968; (amalgamation; as Air West)
Commenced operations	1970; (as Hughes Airwest)
Ceased operations	October 1, 1980; (acquired by Republic Airlines)
Hubs	San Francisco
Focus cities	Boise (ID); Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Phoenix–Sky Harbor; Portland (OR); Salt Lake City; Seattle–Boeing; Seattle/Tacoma;
Headquarters	San Mateo County, California, United States
Key people	Nick Bez; Howard Hughes (owner); Russell V. Stephenson (president);

Hughes Air Corporation, doing business as Hughes Airwest, was a regional airline from 1970 to 1980 in Western United States. It was backed by Howard Hughes' Summa Corporation. Its original name in 1968 was Air West and the air carrier was owned by Nick Bez. Hughes Airwest flew routes in the western U.S. and to several destinations in Mexico and Canada; its headquarters were on the grounds of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in unincorporated San Mateo County, California.

With distinctive all-yellow aircraft, the company slogan was Top Banana in the West; Hughes Airwest was purchased by Republic Airlines in 1980, which in turn was merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. Northwest Airlines was then merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010.

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