SKYWEST AIRLINES PRESIDENT AND COO WRITES ABOUT THE AMERICAN EAGLE DEAL

 

We have this letter from Chip Childs, president and chief operating officer of SkyWest Airlines, to his employees in which he announces SkyWest’s deal to fly as American Eagle.

President and Chief Operating Officer of SkyWest Airlines

Date: 9.12.12

To: SkyWest Airlines Team Members

From: Chip Childs

Re: A New Partnership with American Airlines; CRJ200 transition

Team,

Today I’m pleased to announce that SkyWest Airlines will begin flying as an American Airlines partner this fall. Our new American partnership makes a total of five and the third major partnership SkyWest Airlines has secured in less than two years! That’s a pretty phenomenal accomplishment by any measurement and it’s a credit to your great work.

SkyWest, Inc. has announced a four-year Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with American Airlines to operate 23 CRJ200 aircraft. As part of that agreement, SkyWest Airlines will begin flying 12 of those aircraft Nov. 15, 2012. Part of American’s restructuring plan is to diversify its American Eagle product, so we will operate these aircraft as part of the new American Eagle brand. We will fly out of American’s LAX hub to 11 cities: ABQ, FAT, ELP, MRY, PHX, RNO, SAF, SMF, SAN, SJC, SLC, SBA and TUS – almost all cities where we have solid operating experience.

13/09/2012  :   T Maxon / The Dallas Morning News.

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