SkyWest, Inc. Reports September 2019 Traffic

04/10/2019 14:01

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc., (NASDAQ: SKYW) ("SkyWest") today reported SkyWest Airlines operating statistics for the month of September 2019.

SkyWest Airlines reported 116,599 block hours in September 2019, an increase of 6.3% from September 2018. SkyWest Airlines' higher production was primarily due to the incremental E175 aircraft, CRJ900 aircraft and CRJ700 aircraft added to SkyWest Airlines' fleet since September 2018.

Additional flight statistics for September are included in the accompanying table.

Consistent with common current industry practice, SkyWest will discontinue reporting traffic on a monthly basis following today's report.

SKYWEST AIRLINES SEPTEMBER FLIGHT STATISTICS

	Month	Month	Month	YTD	YTD	YTD
Block Hour Summary	September 2019	September 2018	% Change	September 2019	September 2018	% Change
By aircraft type:
E175s	42,465	38,056	11.6	395,776	329,669	20.1
CRJ900s	10,103	8,384	20.5	93,988	84,586	11.1
CRJ700s	23,056	21,662	6.4	224,448	201,688	11.3
Dual-class fleet	75,624	68,102	11.0	714,212	615,943	16.0

CRJ200s	40,975	41,540	(1.4)	381,892	412,549	(7.4)

SkyWest Airlines total	116,599	109,642	6.3	1,096,104	1,028,492	6.6


Other Flight Statistics	Month	Month	Month	YTD	YTD	YTD
SkyWest Airlines:	September 2019	September 2018	% Change	September 2019	September 2018	% Change

Departures	68,467	64,410	6.3	627,799	592,139	6.0
Passengers	3,514,309	3,276,346	7.3	32,566,966	30,101,561	8.2
Load Factor	81.6	80.9	0.7 pts	82.3	81.6	0.7 pts

On January 22, 2019, SkyWest completed the sale of ExpressJet Airlines to a third party. Flight statistics are SkyWest Airlines only and exclude ExpressJet in both periods presented because of lack of comparability.

About SkyWest
SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines and SkyWest Leasing, an aircraft leasing company. SkyWest Airlines has a fleet of nearly 500 aircraft connecting millions of passengers each month to over 250 destinations and provides commercial air service in cities throughout North America with nearly 2,300 daily flights. SkyWest Airlines operates through partnerships with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines to carry more than 40 million passengers annually. Based in St. George, Utah, SkyWest continues to set the standard for excellence across the regional industry with exceptional value for customers, shareholders and its more than 14,000 employees.

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