ST. GEORGE, Utah, August 12, 2003 – SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW), is pleased to announce a new code-share agreement with Arlington, VA.-based US Airways. The agreement reflects an extension of code-sharing services recently implemented between US Airways and SkyWest partner United Airlines. SkyWest will be the first United Express partner to carry the US Airways (US) designator.

Implementation of the code-share arrangement will be done in phases, with the US Airways code initially placed on selected United Express flights between the Seattle markets of Portland and Spokane, Wash. as well as several markets served from San Francisco; including Boise, Idaho, Eugene, Ore., and the California cities of Fresno, Monterey, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara. Eventually, US Airways-coded service will appear on most SkyWest United Express flights from hubs at Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle/Tacoma.

“As a result of the code-share, passengers traveling on United Express will be able to make fast and efficient connections to/from US Airways’ flights, significantly reducing travel time,” said Steve Hart, Vice President of Market Development for SkyWest Airlines. “SkyWest and US Airways will be working together to ensure that customers receive excellent service when traveling between the two carriers.”

While passengers should not notice any changes on specific codeshare flights, the agreement allows each carrier involved to sell seats on each other’s flights providing customers increased availability to each airline’s networks, better coordination between airlines for more convenient connection opportunities, and reciprocal access to United’s Mileage Plus and US Airways Dividend Miles frequent flyer programs.

US Airways is the nation's seventh-largest airline, serving nearly 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. Its route network is concentrated mostly in the eastern U.S., where it is the largest air carrier east of the Mississippi.

For more information on US Airways flight schedules and fares, contact US Airways online at usairways.com, where customers can plan and book travel, check flight status and print boarding passes.

SkyWest Airlines is the nation's largest independently operated regional carrier and carried 8.23 million passengers last year. The US Department of Transportation has recognized SkyWest as the number one on-time airline in the United States three out of the last four months. SkyWest operates as Continental Connection, Delta Connection and United Express carriers under marketing agreements with Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines respectively. SkyWest serves a total of 98 cities in 28 states and two Canadian provinces and has more than 1,100 daily departures.

This press release and information on SkyWest can be accessed at www.skywest.com. United Airlines website is available at www.united.com.