History
SkyWest, Inc. became the parent company of SkyWest Airlines to facilitate the transfer of the sale of Delta Air Lines' subsidiary, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), to SkyWest, Inc.
On Monday, August 15, 2005, Delta announced that it was selling ASA to the newly incorporated SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million in cash, and on Thursday, September 8, 2005, SkyWest, Inc. announced that the acquisition had been completed.
SkyWest Airlines and ASA, even though merged into one holding company maintain separate operations.
SkyWest, Inc. in terms of revenue would be considered a major airline carrier as it has over $1 Billion annual revenue earnings.
On August 4, 2010 the parent company, SkyWest, Inc., announced that ASA would be attaining ExpressJet Airlines, and the two companies would be merged.
The merger was closed on November 12, 2010.
ASA and ExpressJet received a single operating certificate on December 31, 2011. ExpressJet is the name of the new regional airline.
On July 11, 2012, SkyWest, Inc. came to an agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation to purchase 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets. Deliveries are slated to begin in 2017. This order may be spilt between SkyWest, Inc's. two subsidiaries, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet, or possibly leased to other carriiers.
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