SkyWest Airlines
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| IATA code : | OO |
| ICAO code : | SKW |
| Call sign : | SKYWEST |
| Founding: | 1972 |
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St. George, Utah , United States
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as Delta Connection |
| IATA prefix code : | 302 |
| Fleet size: | 538 (+ 200 orders) |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | www.skywest.com |
SkyWest Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline based in St. George .
history
Foundation and first years
In 1972 Ralph Atkin founded Seneca SkyWest Airlines with a Piper PA-34 after purchasing Dixie Airlines. The first flight was from St. George with a stopover in Cedar City to Salt Lake City . The beginning was difficult, and by 1975 the company had a loss of 300,000 US dollars . Thereafter, the administration, the staff and the number of aircraft were reduced.
By 1979 SkyWest had recovered and three 19-seat Fairchild Metro IIs were procured. A new administration building and maintenance center was built in St. George. In 1984 SkyWest bought Sun Air . The fleet increased to 26 machines and a new maintenance center was opened in Palm Springs. In 1985 the headquarters were moved from the airport to the center of St. George. In the same year, a code-sharing agreement was signed with Western Airlines and since then feeder flights have flown to their Salt Lake City hub. In 1986 the airline went public as SkyWest Inc. Delta Airlines took over Western Airlines and also the deal. In 1987 Delta Airlines took over 20% of SkyWest. In the same year, SkyWest took over Color Canyon Air Service and changed its name to Cedar City Air Service . The first Embraer EMB 120s were deployed from Palm Springs and the fleet increased to 41 machines.
In 1991 SkyWest served 42 cities in eight US states with a fleet of 15 Embraer EMB 120 and 35 metros. In 1994 SkyWest received its first Bombardier CRJ . The takeover of Scenic Airlines followed . From 1995 SkyWest flew from Los Angeles International Airport for Continental Airlines and from 1997 flights for United Airlines. As United Express , the offer was extended to the hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver and the agreement with Continental was terminated.
Since 2000
From 2003 to 2005 there was a code-sharing agreement with Continental and SkyWest flew as a Continental Connection from Houston . A new agreement with United Airlines followed for eleven years. In 2005, Delta Airlines offered SkyWest the purchase of its subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines and on September 8th SkyWest Inc. took over the company. In 2007, new agreements with Midwest Airlines and Delta Airlines followed, and SkyWest has been operating from Salt Lake City as Delta Connection since then.
Destinations
SkyWest Airlines flies as a feeder for major airlines: as United Express for United Airlines , as Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines and as American Eagle for American Airlines . SkyWest also operates wet lease flights for Alaska Airlines . The largest hubs by number of starts are:
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Denver International Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- Portland International Airport
- Kansas City International Airport
fleet
Current fleet
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As of May 2020, the SkyWest Airlines fleet consists of 538 aircraft with an average age of 11.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Average age
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| Bombardier CRJ100 | 6th | 20.9 years | ||
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 204 | seven inactive | 17.6 years | |
| Bombardier CRJ700 | 101 | one inactive | 14.4 years | |
| Bombardier CRJ900 | 43 | 9.8 years | ||
| Embraer 175 | 184 | 3.3 years | ||
| Embraer 175-E2 | 100 | |||
| Mitsubishi MRJ90 | 100 | |||
| total | 538 | 200 | 11.5 years |
Previously used aircraft models
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In the past, SkyWest Airlines operated 62 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , among others .
Incidents
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SkyWest has had numerous incidents in its history, including three fatalities:
- On January 15, 1987, the Fairchild Swearingen Metro II ( registration number N163SW ) had an accident en route from Pocatello to Salt Lake City on the approach to Salt Like City when it collided with a Mooney M20 (registration number N6485U). In the accident, all 8 people died in the metro, as well as the two people in the Mooney M20.
- On February 1, 1991, the Metro III N683AV crashed at Los Angeles Airport on the way to Palmdale . Metro III was waiting on the runway and collided with the landing Boeing 737-300 (N388US) on USAir flight 1493 . All 12 people in the metro and 22 of 89 people in the Boeing were killed, 30 people were injured, some seriously.
- On the night of 17 July 2012 was Bombardier CRJ200 (N865AS) at the airport St. George stolen. The plane collided with the airport terminal and the thief shot himself. The aircraft was so badly damaged in the collision that it was written off.
See also
Web links
- Web presence of SkyWest Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SkyWest-Airlines Historic Fleet on planespotters, accessed on May 27, 2018
- ↑ http://www.skywest.com/fly-skywest-airlines/skywest-airlines-route-map/
- ↑ a b c SkyWest Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 16, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Data on the airline SkyWest in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on May 21, 2016.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
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