SkyWest
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And Then There Were Two(ish): Republic Swallows Mesa’s Remains
The end of Mesa has finally arrived, and lucky for the airline, it was the rosier situation that prevailed. Instead of failing…
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SkyWest Charter Finally Gets Approved, But It’s Not Clear Why Anyone Should Care
Back in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines were scrambling. There were so many pilots that took an early retirement…
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SkyWest Finds a Place for All Those CRJs With Contour Stake
There’s a good chance you missed it, but in SkyWest’s earnings release this week, the airline announced it bought a 25 percent…
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Are JSX And SkyWest Charter Legal? The Fight Over Part 380 and Part 135
I’m fairly certain the first rule of gripping headline-writing is to not cite sections of the federal code. But, well, here we…
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SkyWest Tries to Skirt Pilot Shortage with New Subsidiary
On June 14, SkyWest’s newly-formed subidiary SW Charter Holdings, Inc bought a nearly defunct operator called USAC 691 Airways LLC. This move,…
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All Eyes on Regionals As They Continue to Struggle
It’s tough running any airline operation right now, but there’s nothing more difficult than running a regional airline. We took a look…
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Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Mesa Airlines, Republic, SkyWest, Spirit, Sun Country, Trans States, Virgin AmericaEverything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About US Airline Tail Numbers (Part 2)
I had a lot of great feedback on last week’s post about the aircraft registrations of the big four airlines in the…
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An Airborne Super Bowl (Trip Report)
Despite several previous attempts, I have never been able to take a tour of a Boeing airplane factory. This time, when SilkAir…
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Delta’s Regional Makeover Plan is Nearly Complete
When Delta first announced plans to completely remake its regional fleet, I figured it would take a fair amount of time for…
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American Eagle Becomes Just a Brand Like United Express and Delta Connection
I’m hanging out with the Humuhumunukunukuapua’a this week, but fear not. I have posts scheduled to go live. Today, we talk American…
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New and Proposed Regulations Will Hurt Small Communities (Guest Post)
I’m still out on leave, but I’ll be back soon. Enjoy this post about small communities . . . — Over 70%…
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Cranky on the Web (August 9-13)
Why is SkyWest Buying ExpressJet? – BNET Headwinds You’ve probably been wondering why I was silent on this, but it was just…