(St. George, UT) - SkyWest, Inc., ("SkyWest") reported a 12.4 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for February, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 10.0 percent compared to February 2011. SkyWest also reported a 7.8 percent increase in departures to 107,469 for February compared to 99,698 for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for February increased 10.8 percent to 4,170,431 compared to 3,765,343 for the same period last year. The combined airlines generated 2.15 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 2.83 billion. Load factor was 76.1 percent compared to 74.5 percent, up 1.6 percentage points compared to February 2011.

FLIGHT STATISTICS - SkyWest February Traffic

About SKYWEST, INC.

SkyWest is the holding company for two scheduled passenger airline operations and an aircraft leasing company and is headquartered in St. George, Utah. SkyWest's scheduled passenger airline operations consist of SkyWest Airlines also based in St. George, Utah and ExpressJet Airlines based in Atlanta, Georgia.

SkyWest Airlines operates as United Express and Delta Connection carriers under contractual agreements with United Airlines, Inc. ("United") and Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta"). SkyWest Airlines also operates as US Airways Express under a contractual agreement with US Airways, Inc., and operates flights for Alaska Airlines under a contractual agreement.

ExpressJet Airlines operates as United Express and Delta Connection carriers under contractual agreements with United and Delta. System-wide, SkyWest serves markets in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with approximately 3,700 daily departures and a fleet of approximately 730 regional aircraft.