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''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:

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.

Fleet

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

Destinations

Delta Connection

United Express

Fleet

(Most -100 have undergone engine modifications to -200 standard.)
Type Fleet Seats Aircraft Information
Embraer EMB-120 62 30 550nm range turboprop operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Canadair CRJ-100 9 50 980nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Canadair CRJ-200 116 50 2005nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Canadair CRJ-700ER 42 6F/60Y 2032nm range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection

External links

Airlines of the United States | Companies based in Utah | Fortune 1000 | St. George, Utah

SkyWest Airlines

 

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