Corporate headquarters

President

Founded

St. George,Ut

Russell “Chip” Childs, President and COO

1972; First day of operation: June 19, 1972

Hubs

Crew domiciles


Maintenance bases (includes line stations)

Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Portland, Salt Lake City and San Francisco

Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fresno, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Tucson

Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fresno, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Palm Springs, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Tucson

Cities currently served

Total: 160 (41 states, 6 Canadian Provinces and 3 Mexico cities)
United: 127  Delta: 93  Airtran: 5 Shared: 68

Stations operated

SkyWest: 65

Employees

total: 10,558 (8,599 FTE's)

Average number of daily scheduled departures

Total:1,637;   United: 1,175   Delta: 441 AirTran: 5

LAX: 114   SFO: 121  PDX: 30  DEN: 165 ORD: 145 SLC: 200 MKE: 10

Passengers
carried in 2008

20.9 million passengers

Total revenue passenger miles flown in 2008

11.1 billion revenue passenger miles*

*A Revenue Passenger Mile is equal to one fare paying passenger flown one mile.

Total aircraft in operating fleet

291 (All numbers include deliveries and retirements this calendar month)

Average age of fleet:

CRJ = 6.2 years             Brasilia = 12.4 years        Combined = 7.3 years

Embraer aircraft:

51 Embraer 120 turboprops

Bombardier aircraft:

140 CRJ200 aircraft
79 CRJ700 aircraft
21 CRJ900 aircraft