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SkyWest previously operated Embraer EMB 120 turboprop aircraft until 2015. The airline also operated Fairchild Metroliner turboprops. [7] 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. [7]
SkyWest, Inc. was established on September 8, 2005, as the holding company of SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). The leadership of SkyWest Airlines had agreed to purchase ASA from Delta Air Lines amidst Delta's bankruptcy proceedings for US$425 million. [2]
Skywest may refer to: SkyWest Airlines, an airline serving the United States, Canada and Mexico SkyWest, Inc., the parent company of SkyWest Airlines; Skywest Airlines, now operating as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
Formerly known as Skywest, in April 2013 the airline was purchased by Virgin Australia Holdings as its new regional offshoot. [1] On 21 April 2020, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines' parent company, Virgin Australia Holdings went into voluntary administration due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Ralph Atkin (born Jeffery Ralph Atkin in 1943) is the founder of SkyWest Airlines in the United States.. He founded SkyWest Airlines in 1972 and served first as CEO, then as Chairman of the Board for 20 years
Jerry C. Atkin (born February 27, 1949) is the chairman of SkyWest, Inc., which operates SkyWest Airlines and (until January 2019) ExpressJet Airlines. [1] He helped consolidate the merger between ASA and SkyWest. [2] [3] Atkin joined the company in July 1974 as a member of the Board of Directors and the company's Director of Finance.
SkyWest Airlines operates as American Eagle, as well as Alaska Airlines, Delta Connection and United Express. Air Wisconsin is an independent carrier exclusively operating for American Eagle. Envoy Air, the largest wholly-owned regional airline within the brand, is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
On Thursday, January 15, 1987, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, a Swearingen SA-226TC (METRO II), and a Mooney M20 were involved in a midair collision at 12:52 MST (UTC −7) near Kearns, Utah, a suburb southwest of Salt Lake City. All ten aboard the two aircraft were killed: two pilots and six passengers aboard the METRO II and two aboard the Mooney.