St. George, UT, June 6, 2005 – SkyWest, Inc., (Nasdaq: SKYW) Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Jerry C. Atkin will present at the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference being held in New York City. The SkyWest presentation is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at approximately 9:10 a.m. ET .

Merrill Lynch will webcast an audio version of its conference participants' presentations live on the Internet. Access to the site will be permitted after a brief registration process. Listeners will need to register and listen at the following web address:

http://www.wsw.com/webcast/ml41/skyw

Listeners should go to this site prior to the event to register and download and install any necessary software, Microsoft Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 14 days by accessing the above address.

SkyWest, Inc. is a holding company of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., a carrier to three of the world's largest airlines. SkyWest provides service as United Express in partnership with United Airlines along the West Coast and out of United's Denver and Chicago hubs. At Salt Lake City , SkyWest operates as Delta Connection under a marketing agreement with Delta Airlines. In Houston , SkyWest operates as a Continental Connection for Continental Airlines. SkyWest is the world's largest independently owned regional airline.