SkyWest Airlines Names Leaders to Director Positions

ST. GEORGE, Utah, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW), is pleased to promote two of its leaders: Randy Mulvey as director - Midwest Connect and Pearl Perrin as director - Delta Connection, effective April 1, 2008. Both Mulvey and Perrin will report to Steve Black, director - stations.

"We are very pleased to promote these SkyWest leaders to our station operations leadership team," said Black. "Both Pearl and Randy bring a wealth of knowledge, experience, and most importantly, a passion for our people to their positions."

Mulvey will oversee daily ground operations of SkyWest's rapidly growing Midwest Connect system, including 168 daily departures at 28 stations. He will also continue to oversee SkyWest ground operations throughout the airline's Chicago region.

Mulvey brings extensive industry knowledge and experience to his new role. In his tenure at SkyWest, he has served in several leadership positions, including station manager and most recently Chicago regional director. Before joining SkyWest, Mulvey worked in several capacities at United Airlines.

As director - Delta Connection, Perrin will be responsible for SkyWest Delta Connection ground operations, focusing on continued customer satisfaction, exceptional on-time and baggage performance. She will also work closely with all internal and external partners to ensure industry-leading safe, efficient and quality operations at over 95 domestic and international airport operations.

Perrin came to SkyWest as a station manager in 2001 and most recently served as regional director - Delta Connection ground operations. In this capacity, she oversaw the daily operations of 15 SkyWest stations. Prior to joining SkyWest, Perrin held various management positions at United Airlines.

SkyWest Airlines is the world's largest independently-owned regional airline. SkyWest was awarded the FAA's AMT Gold Award for maintenance training in 2004 and 2005, and the AMT Diamond award in 2006. System-wide, SkyWest employs more than 11,000 aviation professionals and serves a total of 155 cities in 43 states, four Canadian provinces and Mexico with more than 1,700 daily departures.

This press release and more information on SkyWest Airlines can be found at http://www.skywest.com.