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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] 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 ...
In 1982, the controlling companies merged Skywest Airlines with Transwest Airlines. At the time Skywest operated 16 aircraft and TransWest 25. Then in 1983, it was proposed to merge Skywest with East-West Airlines, both were owned by the Devereaux group. The merger did not eventuate, but east–west operated flights in Western Australia on ...
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;
The Alaska Airlines fleet are all Boeing 737 series aircraft, operated directly by Alaska Airlines. A regional fleet of Alaska branded Embraer 175 jets are operated by the Alaska Air Group -owned regional airline Horizon Air and third-party contractor SkyWest Airlines .
In 2024, SkyWest Airlines also started operating a sizeable fleet of CRJ550 aircraft. In July, it began introducing the first of 19 CRJ550s operating under the Delta Connection brand. [71] In October, SkyWest announced it would operate an additional 40 CRJ550s under the United Express brand, including eleven that would be transferred from GoJet.
East-West set the scene for other airlines to enter the Australian domestic market years later. In December 1983 East-West was sold, for A$20 to 30 million according to estimates, to Perth based Skywest Airlines owned by Ric Stowe. In particular the Government of New South Wales opposed the deal.
The largest operator of the type in the United States was SkyWest Airlines, which operated more than 62 at one point in its history (c. 2006). SkyWest retired the fleet in early 2015. [citation needed] Several European airlines, such as Régional in France, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines in Russia, DAT in Belgium, and DLT in Germany, also purchased EMB ...