Alcohol will no longer be sold on US Airways flights to and from New Mexico after the state denied a temporary alcohol-sales license extension to the airline, the Arizona Republic reported June 14.

The New Mexico Department of Regulation and Licensing denied US Airways request for a 90-day extension of its temporary liquor license. Previously, the airline had been serving alcohol on flights without having a state liquor license, a fact that came to light after an intoxicated passenger got into a car after touching down and got involved in a fatal car crash.

Other airlines also were serving alcohol without a New Mexico liquor license. US Airways officials said they were surprised by the license denial, but the state said that the airline has not yet resolved a citation arising from the fatal car crash. Also, US Airways has delayed implementation of a safe alcohol service program developed by the University of New Mexico, state officials said.

US Airways' application for a permanent New Mexico liquor license is still under consideration.