SkyWest, Inc., Reports Combined August 2011 Traffic for SkyWest Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SkyWest, Inc. SKYW -3.09% (“SkyWest”) reported a 45.9 percent increase in departures to 125,196 for August compared to 85,788 for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for August increased 46.0 percent to 5,109,862 compared to 3,500,779 for the same period last year. SkyWest also reported a 53.4 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for August, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 53.0 percent compared to August 2010. The combined airlines generated 2.68 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 3.32 billion. Load factor was 80.8 percent compared to 80.6 percent, up 0.2 percentage points compared to August 2010. The substantial increases for each of the items are due primarily to the acquisition of ExpressJet Airlines on November 12, 2010.