SkyWest Airlines, based in Utah, started the business in June 1972. Today its fleet count has grown large enough to rival the fleet size of the US majors, even though it is a regional airline. This is a rather remarkable…
Embraer made another big win this morning with its E-175 in the US. SkyWest is taking another 20 (a firm order). Of these, 15 will be the 70-seat (Special Configuration) version which can be retrofitted to 76 seats. The remaining…
Embraer and SkyWest announced a deal for 25 E175s. Ten of these are 76-seaters for Alaska Airlines. The other fifteen are for Delta Air lines but only have 70 seats. The Delta aircraft are named E175 SC. SkyWest notes the…
SkyWest, Inc. announced its fourth quarter and full year results Thursday, showing a loss for both periods. The company is parent of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet. The company reported a $270.2m net loss for the fourth quarter ending December 2016,…
We addressed a series of questions to Mitsubishi after the recent delay news. Here is the verbatim Q&A. Responses from Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation: Yugo Fukuhara, Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing Views: 73
Delta Air Lines is well known for its commitment to older aircraft. Delta has a world-class MRO in Atlanta. Even with such an MRO, it must be tough to keep that big fleet at work. We decided to take a…