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5
SkyWest Airlines conducts its code-share operations with its major airline partners pursuant to the following
agreements:
Major airline partner
Agreement
United ...........
“SkyWest Airlines United Express Agreements” and “SkyWest Airlines United Express Pro-rate
Agreement”
Delta ............
“SkyWest Airlines Delta Connection Agreement” and “SkyWest Airlines Delta Pro-rate
Agreement”
American ........
“SkyWest Airlines American Agreement” and “SkyWest Airlines American Pro-rate
Agreement”
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . “SkyWest Airlines Alaska Agreement”
A summary of the terms for each SkyWest Airlines code-share agreement with the respective major partner is
provided under the heading “Code Share Agreements” below on page 6.
ExpressJet
ExpressJet provides regional jet service principally in the Eastern United States, primarily from airports located
in Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago (O’Hare), Houston, Detroit, Memphis, Newark and Minneapolis, as well as Mexico and
Canada. ExpressJet offered approximately 1,658 daily scheduled departures as of December 31, 2015, of which
approximately 926 were Delta Connection flights, 586 were United Express flights and 146 were American Eagle flights.
As of December 31, 2015, ExpressJet operated a fleet of 312 aircraft consisting of the following:
CRJ200
ERJ145
ERJ135
CRJ700
CRJ900
Total
United ................................. — 166 5 — — 171
Delta .................................. 42 — — 41 28 111
American .............................. 14 16 — — — 30
Total .................................. 56 182 5 41 28 312
ExpressJet conducts its code-share operations with its major airline partners pursuant to the following
agreements:
Major airline partner
Agreement
United (ERJ aircraft types) “ExpressJet United ERJ Agreement”
United (CRJ aircraft types) “ExpressJet United CRJ Agreement”
Delta .................. “ExpressJet Delta Connection Agreement”
American .............. “ExpressJet American Agreement” and “ExpressJet American Pro-rate Agreement”
A summary of the terms for each ExpressJet code-share agreement with the respective major partner is provided
under the heading “Code Share Agreements” below on page 6.
Competition and Economic Conditions
The airline industry is highly competitive. SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet compete principally with other
regional airlines. The combined operations of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet extend throughout most major
geographic markets in the United States. Our competition includes, therefore, nearly every other domestic regional
airline. The primary competitors of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet include Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (“Air
Wisconsin”); Envoy Air Inc. (“Envoy”), PSA Airlines, Inc. (“PSA”) and Piedmont Airlines (“Piedmont”) (Envoy, PSA
and Piedmont are owned by American); Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (“Horizon”) (owned by Alaska Air Group, Inc.);
Mesa Air Group, Inc. (“Mesa”); Endeavor, Inc. (“Endeavor”) (owned by Delta); Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
(“Republic”); and Trans State Airlines, Inc. (“Trans State”). Major airlines typically award additional code-share flying
arrangements to regional airlines based primarily upon the following criteria: ability to fly contracted schedules,