SkyWest Airlines is an American

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

headquartered in St. George, Utah. SkyWest operates and maintains aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by four partner mainline airlines. The company is contracted by

Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried, as of 2024. Alaska, togethe ...

(as Alaska SkyWest),

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(as American Eagle),

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(as

Delta Connection Delta Connection is a brand name under which Delta Air Lines has air service agreements with domestic regional air carriers that feed traffic to their network by serving passengers primarily in small and medium-sized cities in the domestic mark ...

), and

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(as

United Express United Express is a regional airline network that supports United Airlines operations, primarily by serving smaller cities and connecting traffic to United's main hubs. Representing six percent of United's total capacity for 2024, United Express ...

). In all, it is the largest regional airline in North America when measured by fleet size, number of passengers carried, and number of destinations served. SkyWest operates from 258 cities in the

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and

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with an extensive network of routes largely set up to connect passengers between smaller airports and the large hubs of its partner airlines. In total, SkyWest carried 38.6 million passengers in 2023. In 2024, the company operated an average of 2,190 flights per day, of which approximately 890 (41%) were United Express flights, 700 (32%) were Delta Connection flights, 380 (17%) were American Eagle flights, and 220 (10%) were Alaska Airlines flights.

History

Frustrated by the limited extent of existing air service, Ralph Atkin, a St. George, Utah, lawyer, purchased Dixie Airlines on April 26, 1972, to shuttle businessmen to

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. After early struggles, SkyWest began a steady expansion across the western U.S. It became the eleventh largest regional carrier in 1984 when it acquired Sun Aire Lines of

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, and had its

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in 1986. In early 1986, SkyWest began

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as Western Express, a feeder service for

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at its

hub and other mainline Western destinations utilizing Embraer EMB 120 and Fairchild Metroliner turboprop aircraft. Following the acquisition and merger of Western by

in 1987, SkyWest then became a

air carrier with codeshare service being flown on behalf of Delta to destinations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. From 1995 through 1997, SkyWest operated codeshare service for

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as Continental Connection on flights out of Los Angeles that were also operated as Delta Connection. In 1997, SkyWest began operating as

in addition to Delta Connection on flights out of United Airlines hubs at SFO,

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and

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. SkyWest became United's largest United Express operation by the late 1990s. Flights were initially operated with Embraer EMB 120s and

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regional jets. CRJ700s were added in the early 2000s and the Embraer 175 were added in 2014. A partnership with Continental was revived in 2003 as Continental Connection out of

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in Houston but was discontinued in June 2005. This operation used Embraer EMB 120s. On August 15, 2005, Delta sold

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to the newly incorporated SkyWest, Inc., for $425 million in cash. The acquisition was completed on September 8, 2005. In 2007, SkyWest began code sharing with

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at its hubs in Milwaukee and Kansas City using

aircraft. In 2010 the codeshare with Midwest had ended, and a new codeshare agreement began with

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at Milwaukee. On September 6, 2011,

ended its codesharing and partnership with SkyWest. Shortly after, SkyWest began a codesharing agreement with

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to operate

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aircraft from US Airways' hub in

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. On August 4, 2010, SkyWest, Inc., announced that it planned to acquire ExpressJet and merge it with SkyWest subsidiary

in a deal reported to have a value of $133 million. The purchase aligned the largest commuter operations of

and

, who were in a merger process, and was approved on September 13, 2010, by the Federal Trade Commission. In May 2011, SkyWest replaced Horizon Air on six routes on the West Coast being operated for

. The flights were based out of Seattle and Portland and flew to several California cities, including

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, Santa Barbara and

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. Horizon Air had been operating these routes with

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aircraft; however Horizon retired this aircraft from its fleet. Alaska Airlines had a similar agreement with PenAir for Alaskan flights and Horizon Air for flights in the

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. On November 15, 2012, SkyWest began a capacity purchase agreement with

for 12

aircraft operating as American Eagle from American's hub in

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. This codeshare agreement with American was greatly expanded over the next several years to include destinations from American's hubs at Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Phoenix. Larger CRJ700/900 aircraft were introduced to the American Eagle system in 2016, and the smaller CRJ200s were discontinued in 2020. Embraer 175 aircraft joined the American Eagle system in late 2021. N199SY SkyWest Embraer 175 for Alaska Airlines

N199SY SkyWest Embraer 175 for Alaska Airlines

On September 6, 2017, SkyWest Airlines reported that it has entered into aircraft purchase agreements and capacity purchase agreements to acquire and fly 15 new aircraft with

and 10 new aircraft with

. Of the 25 aircraft, 15 Embraer 175SC aircraft will fly under an agreement with Delta in a 70-seat configuration. The Embraer 175SC is built on the same airframe as other Embraer 175 aircraft and can be retrofitted to 76 seats in the future. The agreement with Alaska includes 10 Embraer 175 aircraft which will be configured with 76 seats, similar to aircraft SkyWest has previously placed into service with Alaska. Expected delivery dates of the 25 aircraft run from March 2018 through the end of 2018. On December 18, 2018, SkyWest, Inc. announced that it would sell ExpressJet Airlines to another airline holding company with ties to United Airlines, ExpressJet's sole client. The $70 million sale closed on January 23, 2019. In early 2024, regional carrier SkyWest Airlines purchased a 25% ownership stake of

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to gain access to its infrastructure, personnel, and operational expertise as it launches its own Part 135 operation. SkyWest also plans to supply Contour with

aircraft and partner with the airline to both recruit young pilots and provide opportunities to pilots who would otherwise need to retire due to age. In March 2024, SkyWest Airlines signed a deal with United Airlines to operate an additional 20 Embraer 175 aircraft for United Express. Unlike other aircraft, these are financed by United Airlines, not SkyWest.

Corporate affairs

Business model

The vast majority of SkyWest's contracts are fixed-fee, with partner airlines paying a set amount for each flight operated, regardless of the number of passengers carried. The remaining 7% of flights are operated under a pro-rate contract, with SkyWest assuming all costs, setting fares, retaining all revenue from non-connecting passengers, and splitting the fares of connecting passengers on a pro-rated basis with the partner airline. SkyWest currently operates on a pro-rate basis on 68 routes across 10 hubs through agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines. As of early 2021, SkyWest operates in 50 smaller cities that are subsidized under the federal government's

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program. 36 are served under the

brand and 14 under the

brand. The state of Wyoming subsidizes service to four other airports in Wyoming and operates under the United Express brand. All subsidized routes are flown with

regional jets.

Financials

SkyWest is a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc., an airline holding company that also provides contract ground handling services. SkyWest Airlines’ performance figures are fully incorporated into the accounts of its parent company, SkyWest, Inc. SkyWest Airlines stand alone figures ('SkyWest Airlines segment' data in the Group accounts) are shown below:

Network

, SkyWest flies to 258 destinations throughout North America across 45 states and Washington D.C., five Canadian provinces and 13 Mexican cities. Hubs * Chicago–O'Hare (American, United) *

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(United) *

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(Delta) * Houston–Intercontinental (United) *

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(Alaska, American, Delta, United) * Minneapolis/St. Paul (Delta) * Phoenix–Sky Harbor (American) * Portland (OR) (Alaska) *

(Delta) *

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(Alaska, United) * Seattle/Tacoma (Alaska, Delta) Crew bases *

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* Chicago–O'Hare *

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* Dallas/Fort Worth *

* Houston–Intercontinental *

* Minneapolis/St. Paul *

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* Phoenix–Sky Harbor * Portland (OR) *

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* Seattle/Tacoma *

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Maintenance bases *

* Chicago–O'Hare *

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Fleet

Current fleet

SkyWest has the largest fleet of any regional airline in the United States. Since 2015, the airline has exclusively operated jet aircraft. Most SkyWest aircraft are painted in the livery of partner carriers, but SkyWest does have a small number of aircraft in its own livery that can be operated for any partner airline as needed. SkyWest is a major operator of the

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family of regional jets, was the launch customer for CRJ200, is largest operator of the CRJ200 and took delivery of the last CRJ ever built, a CRJ900. Like most regional airlines in the United States, SkyWest is subject to

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requirements of its mainline carrier partners and their pilot unions; those requirements limit the size of the aircraft flown by a regional airline, measured in seat capacity. , the SkyWest Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: Note: the above chart only shows aircraft in scheduled service. It does not include aircraft owned by SkyWest but that are: leased to other operators, removed from service, transitioning between agreements with partners, used as spares, parked, or in the process of being parted out.

Historical fleet

SkyWest previously operated Embraer EMB 120 turboprop aircraft until 2015. The airline also operated Fairchild Metroliner turboprops. In 1984, SkyWest was operating the largest Metro propjet fleet in the world with 26 aircraft, and by 1991 the Metro fleet had grown to 35 aircraft with 15 Brasilia propjets also being operated. By 1994, the first jet, a Bombardier CRJ100, was added to the fleet and by 1996 all of the Metro propjets had been retired as they were progressively replaced with Brasilia aircraft. SkyWest was also the launch customer for the CRJ200 regional jet. According to the airline's website, at its inception SkyWest was operating all flights in the early 1970s with small propeller-driven, piston-engine aircraft, including: * Piper Cherokee 140 – two passenger seats * Piper Cherokee Arrow – four passenger seats *

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– six passenger seats *

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– eight passenger seats * Piper Navajo Chieftain – nine passenger seats

Lawsuits

In October 2023, SkyWest was sued by the

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(AFA-CWA), who alleged that the company illegally fired two flight attendants as retaliation for engaging in protected

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activities and that the company illegally stood up a

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in violation of the

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. In July 2024, the

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also sued SkyWest, alleging that company financially supported and controlled the SkyWest Inflight Association (SIA) as a company union, and that the SIA under SkyWest's control failed to perform its duties as a representative agency and illegally barred two employees from running for leadership positions due to their support for an independent labor union.

Accidents and incidents

* January 15, 1987: SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, a Fairchild Metroliner, collided with a

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transporting an instructor and a student, while on a flight between

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, and

, in the vicinity of Kearns, Utah. All ten aboard both planes, eight on Flight 1834 and two in the Mooney, were killed. The accident was found to be a navigation error of the student pilot aboard the Mooney. * January 15, 1990: SkyWest Airlines Flight 5855, a Fairchild Metroliner, collided with terrain during an instrument approach to

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. There were four serious and nine minor injuries, but no fatalities. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off. * February 1, 1991: SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Metroliner, was awaiting departure clearance on an active runway at

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for a scheduled flight to Palmdale when

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Flight 1493, a

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arriving from

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, collided with it while it was landing. SkyWest 5569 was directed hold on runway 24L, one minute later, US1493 was cleared to land on 24L by the same controller. The 737 landed on the SkyWest aircraft. The two planes slid down the runway, then off to the side, coming to rest against an unoccupied firehouse, and burst into flames. All twelve on the SkyWest aircraft were killed (ten passengers and two pilots), and 22 of the 89 aboard the 737 died (20 passengers, one pilot, and one flight attendant). The cause was found to be air traffic controller error. * May 26, 2007: SkyWest Airlines Flight 5741, an Embraer EMB 120, was involved in a serious

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when the plane nearly collided with

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Flight 4912, an

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, on intersecting runways at

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. There were no reported injuries to passengers and no reported damage to either aircraft. The cause was found to be air traffic controller error. *July 17, 2012: suspended SkyWest Airlines pilot and fugitive murder suspect Brian Hedglin, whose ex-girlfriend had been found stabbed to death at his

residence, stole a parked SkyWest CRJ200ER, ''N865AS'', at St. George Regional Airport in Utah. He clipped a

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and the terminal building, then taxied it through a fence and into a parking lot, crashing into several parked cars, and shot himself dead in the aircraft aisle. ''N865AS'' was damaged beyond repair and written off; there was no one else aboard and no reported injuries to anyone but Hedglin.

References

External links

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