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SkyWest Airlines is a North American airline owned by SkyWest, Inc. and headquartered in St. George, Utah, U.S.. Financially speaking〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://inc.skywest.com/invest/investor_releases/SKYW%20Earnings%202Q11v%202%20%282%29.pdf )〕 and according to the Airlines for America definitions, SkyWest is a North American major airline. SkyWest however, operates on a regional airline level and is a member of the Regional Airline Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.raa.org/AirlineMembers/tabid/65/Default.aspx )〕〔"(Contact )." SkyWest. Retrieved on October 16, 2011. "444 South River RoadSt. George, Utah 84790"〕 SkyWest Airlines flies to 189 cities, in 43 states; Washington, D.C.; six Canadian provinces and 11 cities in Mexico and the Bahamas. The airline serves as a feeder airline, operating under contract with various major carriers. It flies as SkyWest Airlines in a partnership with Alaska Airlines, as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, as American Eagle on behalf of American Airlines, and as Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines. As of July 2015, SkyWest employs 10,777 people throughout North America. The airline averages 1,817 departures a day, with 958 operating as United Express, 599 operating as Delta Connection, 207 operating as American Eagle and 54 operating as Alaska Airlines. In total, SkyWest carried 27.9 million passengers in 2014.〔 The current Chairman and CEO of SkyWest, Inc. is Jerry Atkin, with Michael Thompson as Chief Operating Officer of SkyWest Airlines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SkyWest, Inc. Names Russell "Chip" Childs President Redefines Key Leadership Roles )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SkyWest, Inc. Names Russell "Chip" Childs President Redefines Key Leadership Roles )〕 ==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 U.S.. 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 its Salt Lake City hub and other mainline Western destinations utilizing Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft.〔http://www.departedflights.com, March 1, 1987 Western Airlines system timetable & Western Express/SkyWest route map〕 Following the acquisition and merger of Western by Delta Air Lines in 1986, SkyWest then became a Delta Connection air carrier with code share service being flown on behalf of Delta to destinations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.〔http://www.skywest.com, About, History〕〔http://www.departedflights.com, April 3, 1988 SkyWest route map〕 In 1995, SkyWest began operating flights for Continental Airlines out of LAX. The relationship was discontinued two years later when SkyWest began flying for United Airlines. SkyWest's United Express flights out of SFO, LAX and DEN became its largest operation by the late 1990s. A partnership with Continental was revived in 2003 out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, but was discontinued in June 2005. On August 15, 2005, Delta sold Atlantic Southeast Airlines to the newly incorporated SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million in cash. The acquisition was completed on September 8, 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://inc.skywest.com/invest/investor_releases/2005/Sept/ASAClosingRelease.pdf )〕 On August 4, 2010, SkyWest, Inc. announced that it planned to acquire ExpressJet Airlines and merge it with SkyWest subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines in a deal reported to have a value of $133 million. The purchase aligned the largest commuter operations of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, who were in a merger process, and was approved on September 13, 2010, by the Federal Trade Commission. In May 2011, SkyWest replaced six Horizon Air flights on the West Coast being operated for Alaska Airlines. The flights were based out of Seattle and Portland, and fly to several California cities including Fresno, Burbank, Santa Barbara and Ontario. Alaska Airlines has similar agreements with PenAir for Alaskan flights and Horizon Air for flights in the lower 48. On September 6, 2011, AirTran Airways ended its codesharing and partnership with SkyWest. Shortly after, SkyWest began a codesharing agreement with US Airways to operate CRJ200 aircraft from US Airways' hub in Phoenix, Arizona.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Media Room )〕 On November 15, 2012, SkyWest began a capacity purchase agreement with American Airlines for 12 CRJ200 aircraft from American's hub in Los Angeles, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SkyWest Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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