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SkyWest

<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">SkyWest:SkyWestAirlinesLogo</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>O'Hare International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
Denver International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>SkyWest, Inc.</td></tr>
SkyWest Airlines
IATA
OO		ICAO
SKW		Callsign
SKYWEST
Founded1972
Fleet size244
Destinations114
HeadquartersSt. George, Utah
Key peopleJerry Atkin (CEO)
Website: http://www.skywest.com
This is an article about an airline in North America. For Skywest in Australia see Skywest (Australian airline).

SkyWest Airlines is one of two airlines owned by SkyWest, Inc. - the other being Atlantic Southeast Airlines. It is a North American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah. It primarily serves as a feeder airline to and from airports in small-, medium- and large-sized markets in the United States and Canada for two major carriers out of several major regional hubs:


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History

Frustrated by the limited extent of existing air service, Ralph Atkin, a St. George, Utah lawyer, purchased Dixie Airlines to shuttle businessmen to Salt Lake City in 1972. After early struggles, SkyWest began steady expansion across the Western US. It became the eleventh largest regional carrier in 1984 when it acquired Sun Aire of Palm Springs, California, and had its initial public offering in 1986.

In 1985 SkyWest began codesharing as Western Express, a feeder service for Western Airlines at their Salt Lake City hub, later acquired by Delta. In 1995 SkyWest began operating flights for Continental out of LAX, the relationship was discontinued two years later when SkyWest began flying for United Airlines. SkyWest's United Express flights out of LAX, SFO, and DEN became its largest operation by the late 1990s. A partnership with Continental Airlines was revived in 2003 out of IAH, and was discontinued June 2005. On Monday, August 15, 2005, Delta announced that it was selling Atlantic Southeast Airlines to the newly incorporated SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million in cash, and on Thursday, September 8, 2005, SkyWest, Inc. announced that the acquisition had been completed.

SkyWest:SkyWest-United Express Canadair CRJ-700ER
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SkyWest-United Express Canadair CRJ-700ER

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United Express

Delta Connection

Fleet

SkyWest:A United Express CRJ-700ER at SkyWest's Salt Lake City hangar facility.
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A United Express CRJ-700ER at SkyWest's Salt Lake City hangar facility.

As of August 2006 the SkyWest fleet includes [1] :

TypeFleetSeatsAircraft Information
Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia5430550nm range turboprop operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Embraer EMB 120RT Brasilia14
Bombardier CRJ-100ER1150980nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection.

(Most -100 have undergone engine modifications to -200 standard.)

Bombardier CRJ-200ER7502005nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Bombardier CRJ-200LR100
Bombardier CRJ-700ER576F/60Y or 70Y2032nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection
Bombardier CRJ-9003 (plus 14 on order)10F/60Y2231nm range regional Jet operating under Delta Connection

All aircraft operate under both the United Express and Delta Connection logo.

References

  1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006


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