St. George, UT, June 1, 2005 – SkyWest Airlines (NASDAQ: SKYW) is pleased to announce an enhanced schedule with two additional United Express daily round trips between Denver, Colorado and Great Falls, Montana.
To commemorate this new service, representatives from SkyWest Airlines will be visiting the Great Falls International Airport to celebrate the inaugural flight on June 2, 2005. The Great Falls Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2:00 p.m., and members of the community are invited to visit the airport and celebrate this new service.
SkyWest Airlines has been serving Great Falls since December of 2003, and the SkyWest employees at the Great Falls International Airport have nearly 40 years of combined customer service experience.
The new service, effective May 4, is as follows:
| Denver to Great Falls |
Great Falls to Denver |
| Departure |
Arrival |
Flight # |
Frequency |
Departure |
Arrival |
Flight # |
Frequency |
| 11:36 a.m. |
1:27 p.m. |
6615 |
Daily |
7:30 a.m. |
9:16 a.m. |
6600 |
Daily |
| 8:12 p.m. |
10:03 p.m. |
6761 |
Daily |
3:40 p.m. |
5:26 p.m. |
6615 |
Daily |
Rick Evans, CEO and President of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce said that the new flights are ”very exciting for the Great Falls business community. Access to Denver creates just another convenience for our members and others who want to do business in Great Falls or in Denver, including tourists wanting to come to our community from the Denver region. It’s just another way for them to reach us.”
Located in the awe-inspiring expanse of Big Sky country, Great Falls is home to Montana’s largest 4th of July Parade, a booming micro-metro economy and the Great Falls International Airport. With close proximity to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, Great Falls rivals any Intermountain West destination when it comes to recreation, sight-seeing and rugged beauty.
SkyWest Airlines was named the Number One On-Time Mainland Airline in the United States by the Department of Transportation for 2004, a year in which they carried 13.4 million passengers. System-wide, SkyWest has approximately 8,300 employees and serves a total of 113 cities in 31 states and three Canadian provinces with approximately 1,500 daily departures.
This press release and more information on SkyWest Airlines can be accessed at www.skywest.com.
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