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Federal Aviation Administration (the ‘‘FAA’’). We currently anticipate that we will complete the full
integration of the operations of Atlantic Southeast and ExpressJet Delaware into ExpressJet during
2013 and 2014.
SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet have developed industry-leading reputations for providing quality
regional airline service during their long operating histories. SkyWest Airlines has been flying since
1972 and ExpressJet (and its predecessors) since 1979. As of December 31, 2012, our consolidated fleet
consisted of a total of 744 aircraft, of which 445 were assigned to United, 261 were assigned to
Delta, 15 were assigned to US Airways, 12 were assigned to American, five were assigned to Alaska,
four were subleased to affiliated entities and two were subleased to unaffiliated entities. We currently
operate two types of regional jet aircraft: the Bombardier Aerospace (‘‘Bombardier’’) regional jet,
which comes in three different configurations (the 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 Regional Jet (the
‘‘CRJ200’’), the 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700 Regional Jet (the ‘‘CRJ700’’) and the 70-90-seat
Bombardier CRJ900 Regional Jet (the ‘‘CRJ900’’)), and the Embraer S.A. (‘‘Embraer’’) regional jet,
which we operate in two different configurations the 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet (‘‘ERJ145’’)
and the 37-seat Embraer ERJ-135 regional jet (‘‘ERJ135’’). We also operate the 30-seat Embraer
Brasilia EMB-120 turboprop (the ‘‘Brasilia turboprop’’).
We were incorporated in Utah in 1972. Our principal executive offices are located at 444 South
River Road, St. George, Utah 84790, and our primary telephone number is (435) 634-3000. We
maintain an Internet web site at www.skywest.com. Our website provides a link to the web site of the
SEC, through which our annual, quarterly and current reports, as well as amendments to those reports,
are available. In addition, we provide electronic or paper copies of our SEC filings free of charge upon
request.
Our Operating Platforms
SkyWest Airlines
SkyWest Airlines provides regional jet and turboprop service to airports primarily located in the
midwestern and western United States. SkyWest Airlines offered approximately 1,750 daily scheduled
departures as of December 31, 2012, of which approximately 1,050 were United Express flights, 500
were Delta Connection flights, 90 were US Airways Express flights, 85 were American Eagle flights and
25 were Alaska-coded flights. SkyWest Airlines’ operations are conducted principally from airports
located in Chicago (O’Hare), Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix,
San Francisco and Salt Lake City. SkyWest Airlines’ fleet as of December 31, 2012 consisted of
28 CRJ900s, all of which were flown for Delta; 94 CRJ700s, of which 70 were flown for United, 19
were flown for Delta and five were flown for Alaska; 159 CRJ200s, of which 78 were flown for United,
54 were flown for Delta, 15 were flown for US Airways and 12 were flown for American; and
42 Brasilia turboprops, of which 34 were flown for United and eight were flown for Delta.
SkyWest Airlines currently conducts Delta Connection operations pursuant to the terms of an
Amended and Restated Delta Connection Agreement, pursuant to which SkyWest Airlines is paid
primarily on a fee-per-completed block hour and departure basis, plus a payment based on block hours
flown (the ‘‘SkyWest Airlines Delta Connection Agreement’’). SkyWest Airlines’ United code-share
operations are conducted under a United Express Agreement, pursuant to which SkyWest Airlines is
paid primarily on a fee-per-completed block hour and departure basis, plus a margin based on
performance incentives (the ‘‘SkyWest Airlines United Express Agreement’’). SkyWest Airlines
currently conducts its Alaska and US Airways operations pursuant to the terms of code-share
agreements with Alaska and US Airways, respectively, pursuant to which SkyWest Airlines is paid
primarily on a fee-per-completed block hour and departure basis, plus a fixed margin per aircraft each
month, and an incentive or penalty based on performance incentives. During 2012, SkyWest Airlines
entered into a code-share agreement with American (the ‘‘SkyWest Airlines American Agreement’’),
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