SkyWest, Inc., Reports Combined July 2011 Traffic RPMs 57.5%

SkyWest, Inc., SKYW reported a 47.6 percent increase in departures to 126,199 for July compared to 85,496 for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for July increased 48.2 percent to 5,306,265 compared to 3,581,599 for the same period last year. SkyWest also reported a 57.5 percent increase in revenue passenger miles for July, while available seat miles increased 56.0 percent compared to July 2010. The combined airlines generated 2.82 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 3.38 billion. Load factor was 83.4 percent compared to 82.5 percent, up 0.9 percentage points compared to July 2010. The substantial increases for each of the items are due primarily to the acquisition of ExpressJet Airlines on November 12, 2010.