SkyWest Airlines

SkyWest Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign OO[1] SKW SKYWEST
Founded	April 26, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-04-26)
AOC #	SWIA011A[2]
Hubs	See § Operations
Fleet size	475
Destinations	255[3]
Parent company	SkyWest, Inc.
Headquarters	St. George, Utah, United States
Key people	Chip Childs (CEO and President) James Welch (Chair)
Employees	13,721 (2023)[3]
Website	skywest.com

SkyWest Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah. SkyWest operates and maintains aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by four partner mainline airlines. The company is contracted by Alaska Airlines (as Alaska SkyWest), American Airlines (as American Eagle), Delta Air Lines (as Delta Connection), and United Airlines (as United Express). In all, it is the largest regional airline in North America when measured by fleet size, number of passengers carried, and number of destinations served.

SkyWest operates an average of more than 2,400 flights per day to 255 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico with an extensive network of routes largely set up to connect passengers between smaller airports and the large hubs of its partner airlines. In total, SkyWest carried 38.6 million passengers in 2023.

In 2023, the company operated an average of 1,850 flights per day, of which approximately 740 were United Express flights, 580 were Delta Connection flights, 340 were American Eagle flights, and 190 were Alaska Airlines flights.