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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]
The city of Cheyenne continued to work with SkyWest Airlines and reinstated service to Denver as United Express using CRJ-200s beginning on November 12, 2020 (SkyWest operates for both American Eagle and United Express). Service was suspended on April 16, 2021 for runway upgrades and returned on November 1, 2021 with two daily flights to Denver.
SkyWest has a 17-acre (6.9 ha) maintenance and overnight parking facility on the east side of the airfield with 21 aircraft positions and an approximately 92,000-square-foot (8,500 m 2) hangar. [6] SkyWest also uses Fresno as a crew base for pilots and flight attendants. [40]
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.
St. George Regional Airport (IATA: SGU, ICAO: KSGU, FAA LID: SGU) is a city-owned airport in St. George, Washington County, Utah. [1]The airport opened on January 13, 2011, a replacement for smaller land-locked St. George Municipal Airport, atop a mesa in the city, which was declared unsuitable for expansion.
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 Airlines returned on May 1, 2018 (now as United Express) with Canadair CRJ-200s to Denver after the Moab airport runway was improved to handle regional jets. Delta Air Lines returned on May 5, 2021, with daily summer seasonal service to Salt Lake City International Airport flown by Delta Connection partner SkyWest using CRJ-200.
In 1986 SkyWest began a code sharing agreement with Western Airlines and began flying as Western Express. One year later Western Airlines merged into Delta Air Lines and SkyWest's flights then began operating as Delta Connection. The carrier flew Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, mainly to Los Angeles. [14]