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agreement with the Salt Lake Airport Authority. SkyWest Airlines is leasing the facility under an
operating lease arrangement over a 26-year term.
• SkyWest Airlines leases a 90,000 square foot aircraft maintenance and training facility at the Salt
Lake City International Airport. The Salt Lake City facility consists of 40,000 square feet of
maintenance facilities and 50,000 square feet of training and other facilities. We originally
constructed the Salt Lake City facility and subsequently sold it to and leased it back from the
Salt Lake City Airport Authority. SkyWest Airlines is leasing the facility under an operating
lease arrangement over a 36-year term.
• SkyWest Airlines owns a 55,000 square-foot maintenance accessory shop and a 5,000 square-foot
office facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• SkyWest Airlines leases a 90,000 square-foot maintenance hangar and a 15,000 square-foot office
facility in Fresno, California.
• SkyWest Airlines leases a 70,000 square-foot maintenance hangar in Tucson, Arizona.
• SkyWest Airlines leases a 70,000 square-foot hangar and office facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• SkyWest Airlines owns a 57,000 square-foot maintenance facility and a 28,000 square-foot office
facility in Chicago, Illinois.
• SkyWest Airlines owns a 55,000 square-foot hangar and a 46,000 square-foot office facility in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• SkyWest Airlines leases ticket counters, check-in and boarding and other facilities in the
passenger terminal areas in the majority of the airports it serves and staffs those facilities with
SkyWest Airlines personnel. Other airlines, including Delta, United and AirTran, provide ticket
handling and/or ground support services for SkyWest Airlines in 94 of the 159 airports SkyWest
Airlines serves.
• We own the corporate headquarters facilities of SkyWest and SkyWest Airlines, located in
St. George, Utah, which consist of two adjacent buildings of 63,000 and 55,000 square feet,
respectively.
ASA Facilities
• ASA leases from the City of Atlanta Department of Aviation an aircraft hangar facility
consisting of 203,170 square-foot of building space, a 15,015 square-foot ground service
equipment maintenance facility, aircraft parking, employee parking, a newly-constructed 18,110
square-foot training facility and 71,209 square feet of newly-renovated office space which is
utilized ASA’s corporate headquarters. The lease agreement for the Aircraft Hanger Complex
has a 25-year term and is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2033.
• ASA leases from Macon-Bib County Industrial Authority an aircraft hangar complex located at
the Middle Georgia Regional Airport. The complex includes a 77,425 square-foot aircraft hangar
facility and 41,140 square feet of training and office space. The lease agreement has a
sixteen-year term and is scheduled to expire on April 1, 2018. ASA has subleased the hangar
complex to an unrelated aircraft maintenance provider; however ASA remains obligated for
payment and other obligations of the lessee under the lease agreement.
• ASA leases from the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge an aircraft hangar
Complex located at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport District. The complex includes a
27,000 square-foot hangar facility and 12,000 square feet of office support space. ASA has the
right to occupy the Baton Rouge Aircraft Hangar Complex rent-free until 2022.
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