ST. GEORGE, Utah, August 23, 2004 – SkyWest Airlines (NASDAQ: SKYW) proudly celebrates 25 years in Yuma, Arizona at Yuma International Airport. To celebrate the station anniversary, SkyWest will host a station celebration August 25, 2004 at the SkyWest facility in Yuma, where customers will enjoy light refreshments.

SkyWest began service in Yuma August 1, 1979, operating as Sun Aire. The exclusive provider for all Yuma air service in 1979, SkyWest’s Sun Aire operation was the city’s only outlet, with destinations ranging from Phoenix to the Californian cities of Imperial, Palm Springs and Los Angeles. SkyWest served as a pilot base from March 1982 to December 2001, and has flown under the Sun Air, Delta Air Lines and most recently, United Airlines banners.

Today, as United Express in Yuma, SkyWest provides three daily roundtrip flights to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Once in Los Angeles, United customers have access to more than 250 daily flights across their route network that spans the globe.

“It’s an honor to be a part of this great company’s growth and history.” said Joe Catanzaro, Yuma Station Manager. “Our team here provides the exceptional customer service that our local customers have come to associate with SkyWest. We work for the best airline in the hottest city in the SkyWest system,” said Catanzaro.

SkyWest’s seven customer service employees in Yuma share a combined 88 years of customer service experience at an average seniority of 14 years at the airline.

SkyWest Airlines was named the Number One On-Time Airline in the United States by the Department of Transportation for 2003, a year in which they carried 10.7 million passengers. System-wide, SkyWest has approximately 6,800 employees and serves a total of 124 cities in 32 states and three Canadian provinces with more than 1,300 daily departures.