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SkyWest Airlines
Image:SkyWestAirlinesLogo.png
IATA
OO		ICAO
SKW		Callsign
SKYWEST
Founded1972
HubsAs United Express:
O'Hare International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
Denver International Airport
As Delta Connection:
Salt Lake City International Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
As Midwest Connect:
General Mitchell International Airport
Frequent flyer programMidwest Miles
(Midwest Connect)
Mileage Plus
(United Express)
SkyMiles
(Delta Connection)
AllianceSkyTeam (Delta Connection)
Star Alliance (United Express)
Fleet size277 [1]
Destinations160
Parent companySkyWest, Inc.
HeadquartersSt. George, Utah
Key peopleJerry Atkin (CEO)
Website: http://www.skywest.com
This is an article about an airline in North America. For Skywest Airlines in Australia see Skywest Airlines.

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, flying to 154 cities in 43 states, Canada, and Mexico. The airline serves as a feeder airline, operating under contract with various major carriers. It flies as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, as Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines, and as Midwest Connect on behalf of Midwest Airlines.[2]

Combined with Atlantic Southeast Airlines, the two make up the sixth-largest airline in terms of number of planes, operating 436 regional aircraft.

The airline employs over 11,100 people and averages 1,794 daily departures across its network. Approximately 65% of flights are operated as United Express, 31% as Delta Connection, and 4% as Midwest Connect. SkyWest's largest stations in order of departures are:[3][4][5][6]

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[edit] History

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EMB120 in SkyWest livery.

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 Lines 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.

Through SkyWest Airlines and ASA, the company operates the largest regional airline in the United States.

[edit] Destinations

Main article: SkyWest destinations

[edit] Fleet

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A SkyWest CRJ200 at O'Hare International Airport

As of September 2007, the SkyWest fleet includes the following 277 aircraft [7][8]:

Type Fleet Seats Aircraft Information
Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia 59 30 550 NM range turboprop operating under United Express and Delta Connection.
Bombardier CRJ-200 (All Variants) 136 50 2005 NM range regional Jet operating under United Express, Delta Connection and Midwest Connect.
Bombardier CRJ-700ER 65 6F/60Y or 70Y 2032 NM range regional Jet operating under United Express and Delta Connection
Bombardier CRJ-900 17 9F/67Y 2231 NM range regional Jet operating under Delta Connection

All jet aircraft operate under the United Express, Delta Connection, or Midwest Connect logo.

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • February 1, 1991: Skywest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Metro was awaiting departure clearance on an active runway at Los Angeles for a scheduled flight between Los Angeles and Palmdale when USAir Flight 1493 collided with it while was landing. Skywest 5569 was directed to move onto runway 24L for takeoff and hold in position at the intersection of taxiway 45. US1493 was cleared to land on 24L one minute later by the same local controller. One minute later, the 737 touched down, then landed on the SkyWest Metro, which was still holding in position 2400' from the runway threshold. The two planes slid down the runway, then off to the side, coming to rest against an unoccupied firehouse, and burst into flame. All 12 people on the Metro were killed (10 passengers and 2 pilots), and 22 of the 89 aboard the 737 perished (20 passengers, 1 pilot and 1 flight attendant).
  • May 26, 2007: SkyWest Airlines flight 5741, an Embraer 120, was involved in a serious runway incursion when the plane nearly collided with Republic Airlines flight 4912, an Embraer 170, on intersecting runways at San Francisco. There were no reported injuries to passengers and no reported damage to either aircraft.[9]. According to the NTSB the FAA traffic controller was at fault and the aircraft were between 50 and 300 feet apart.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.skywest.com/skywinc/facts/skywest.php
  2. ^ Fact Sheet: SkyWest Airlines. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  3. ^ Fact Sheet: SkyWest Airlines. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  4. ^ Delta Route Map. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  5. ^ United Route Map. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  6. ^ Midwest Route Map. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ NTSB report


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