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Skywest Airlines Inc.

Corporate Information

Registered to do business as: The carrier has corporate offices in St George, Utah and a total of 10,556 employees, including 1,427 pilots-in-charge, 1,362 other pilots and 1,827 flight attendants.
Source: FAA Air Operators database, last updated Jan 4, 2010; Regional Airline Association 2009 Annual Report

Safety Record, 2002-2009

Onboard fatalitiesNone
Accidents4
Other reported incidents2
Accidents resulting in serious onboard injuryNone
Serious accidents per billion passenger miles
Serious accidents are those that resulted in at least one serious onboard injury.
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of BTS annual traffic statistics, NTSB accident data

June 2009 Traffic Summary

Departures51,531
Passengers2,034,872
Average Seats50.4
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of Bureau of Transportation Statistics T100 domestic carriers systemwide segment database

Incident/Accident History

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TypeLocationDateFatalitiesSerious injuries
Incident Rapid City, S.D.
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2004-01-17 0 0
Accident Los Angeles, Calif.
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2005-06-12 0 0
Accident Denver, Colo.
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2007-10-12 0 0
Accident Chicago, Ill.
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2007-12-16 0 1
Accident San Francisco, Calif.
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2008-01-13 0 0
Incident Salt Lake City, Utah
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2009-02-21 0 0
Source: National Transportation Safety Board accident database system (ADMS2000), last updated Jan 1, 2010