US Airways tries to extend N.M. liquor license

US Airways has asked the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department to extend for 90 days a temporary liquor license that is set to expire Thursday.

The state is withholding a permanent liquor license until the Tempe-based airline resolves a citation for serving alcohol to an intoxicated person.

In November, a passenger, who fellow fliers said appeared drunk, was involved in a fatal traffic collision near Santa Fe shortly after getting off a US Airways flight.

The accident prompted the state to look at the status of liquor licenses for all airlines flying in and out of New Mexico.

By Christia Gibbons, The Arizona Republic

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