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SkyWest, Inc. Reports Combined April Traffic for SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines

2008-05-14

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SkyWest SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) reported a 1.1 percent increase in available seat miles (ASMs) for April, while revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased by 0.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

The combined airlines generated 1.89 billion ASMs for the month, while RPMs decreased to 1.46 billion. Load factor was down 1.6 percentage points to 77.0% compared to 78.6% for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for April totaled 2,818,725 a 0.3 percent decrease over April 2007.

                            FLIGHT STATISTICS

                       SkyWest, Inc. April Traffic



                                     2008              2007       % Change

  Passengers                       2,818,725         2,828,277   (0.3) pts

  Revenue Passenger Miles      1,457,183,588     1,470,069,179   (0.9) pts

  Available Seat Miles         1,891,335,560     1,870,862,000    1.1

  Load Factor                          77.0%             78.6%   (1.6) pts

  Block Hours                        117,278           115,653    1.4

  Departures                          74,420            73,685    1.0





                          Calendar Year-To-Date



                                 2008              2007           % Change

  Passengers                  10,895,056        10,651,383        2.3

  Revenue Passenger Miles  5,651,512,599     5,496,625,418        2.8

  Available Seat Miles     7,469,914,526     7,164,764,446        4.3

  Load Factor                      75.7%             76.7%       (1.0) pts

  Block Hours                    470,915           454,644        3.6

  Departures                     291,930           287,971        1.4