SkyWest, Inc. Reports August 2019 Traffic

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc., (NASDAQ: SKYW) ("SkyWest") today reported SkyWest Airlines operating statistics for the month of August 2019.

SkyWest Airlines reported 130,381 block hours in August 2019, an increase of 5.3% from August 2018. SkyWest Airlines' higher production was primarily due to the incremental E175 aircraft, CRJ900 aircraft and CRJ700 aircraft added to SkyWest Airlines' fleet since August 2018.

Additional flight statistics for August are included in the accompanying table.

SKYWEST AIRLINES AUGUST FLIGHT STATISTICS

	Month	Month	Month	YTD	YTD	YTD
Block Hour Summary	August 2019	August 2018	% Change	August 2019	August 2018	% Change
By aircraft type:
E175s	46,912	42,058	11.5	353,311	291,613	21.2
CRJ900s	10,943	10,154	7.8	83,885	76,201	10.1
CRJ700s	26,187	23,428	11.8	201,392	180,026	11.9
Dual-class fleet	84,042	75,640	11.1	638,588	547,840	16.6

CRJ200s	46,339	48,155	(3.8)	340,917	371,010	(8.1)

SkyWest Airlines total	130,381	123,795	5.3	979,505	918,850	6.6


Other Flight Statistics	Month	Month	Month	YTD	YTD	YTD
SkyWest Airlines:	August 2019	August 2018	% Change	August 2019	August 2018	% Change

Departures	76,147	71,773	6.1	559,332	527,729	6.0
Passengers	4,011,968	3,745,370	7.1	29,052,656	26,825,215	8.3
Load Factor	84.0	83.2	0.8 pts	82.4	81.7	0.7 pts

On January 22, 2019, SkyWest completed the sale of ExpressJet Airlines to a third party. Flight statistics are SkyWest Airlines only and exclude ExpressJet in both periods presented because of lack of comparability.

About SkyWest
SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines and SkyWest Leasing, an aircraft leasing company. SkyWest Airlines has a fleet of nearly 500 aircraft connecting millions of passengers each month to over 250 destinations and provides commercial air service in cities throughout North America with nearly 2,500 daily flights. SkyWest Airlines operates through partnerships with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines to carry more than 38 million passengers annually. Based in St. George, Utah, SkyWest continues to set the standard for excellence across the regional industry with exceptional value for customers, shareholders and its more than 14,000 employees.