GremlinHeaven
Well-Known Member
The rumors actually came true this time. From the press release:
SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) today announced fleet
transitions and contract updates designed to improve SkyWest’s overall efficiency and long-term
profitability. Specifically, SkyWest announced that SkyWest Airlines, Inc., its wholly-owned
subsidiary (“SkyWest Airlines”), intends to transition to an all-jet fleet by removing all remaining
30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft (the “EMB 120s”) from service by summer 2015.
The EMB 120 fleet retirement comes, in part, in response to increased costs and additional
challenges associated with new FAR117 flight and duty rules, implemented in January 2014.
From the memo to pilots, sounds like a gradual wind down with the last airplane to be gone by the end of April.
SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) today announced fleet
transitions and contract updates designed to improve SkyWest’s overall efficiency and long-term
profitability. Specifically, SkyWest announced that SkyWest Airlines, Inc., its wholly-owned
subsidiary (“SkyWest Airlines”), intends to transition to an all-jet fleet by removing all remaining
30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft (the “EMB 120s”) from service by summer 2015.
The EMB 120 fleet retirement comes, in part, in response to increased costs and additional
challenges associated with new FAR117 flight and duty rules, implemented in January 2014.
From the memo to pilots, sounds like a gradual wind down with the last airplane to be gone by the end of April.