SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) is
proud to be celebrating 35 years of air service in San Diego. As
Sun Aire, SkyWest began service from San Diego to Los Angeles in
December of 1968. Today, as the exclusive United Express carrier
in San Diego, SkyWest provides 22 daily roundtrip flights to Los
Angeles International Airport (LAX).
San Diego has played an integral role in the growth and success
of SkyWest. In 35 years, San Diego has seen multiple SkyWest service
options. SkyWest began flying as Sun Aire, then transitioned to
flying under their own SkyWest banner. SkyWest has also served
San Diego as Western Express for Western Airlines, Delta Connection
for Delta Air Lines and Continental Connection for Continental
Airlines. Presently, SkyWest provides San Diego with service as
United Express for United Airlines.
SkyWest staffs the San Diego International Airport with 54 locally
based customer service employees who collectively have more than
270 years of customer service experience with the airline. Additionally,
SkyWest also maintains a pilot and flight attendant domicile in
San Diego with more than 70 crewmembers stationed in here.
“I feel honored to work for such a great company and with
such great people,” said Connie Adams, SkyWest’s San
Diego Station Manager and 14 year employee. “Our rich history
in San Diego has definitely been instrumental in propelling SkyWest
into our future successes. Our faithful local customers have grown
to expect exceptional customer service when they fly our airline.
We look forward to continuing the great tradition of customer
service we have established here.”
In their monthly Air Travel Consumer Report, the US Department
of Transportation has recognized SkyWest as the number one on-time
airline seven of the last nine reported months. San Diego has
significantly contributed to that honor by exceeding on-time performance
goals each month in 2003. The San Diego station has a long history
of excellent performance standards. In 1999, they received SkyWest’s
prestigious Station of the Year award.
SkyWest Airlines is the nation's largest independently owned
regional carrier and carried 8.23 million passengers last year.
SkyWest operates as Continental Connection, Delta Connection and
United Express carriers under marketing agreements with Continental
Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines respectively. System-wide,
SkyWest has approximately 5,700 employees and serves a total of
105 cities in 26 states and three Canadian provinces with more
than 1,200 daily departures.
