These statistics contain a reclassification of a route from charter to RPT (Bali) which results in changes in the comparatives.Ģ. Any adjustments made will flow through to the year to date results. Monthly operating statistics are issued on a preliminary basis and are subject to change. Revenue Passenger Kilometres (∐00s) (RPT)Īvailable Seat Kilometres (∐00s) (Charter)ġ. Skywest RPT traffic, measured by Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) decreased by 10.46%, while Skywest Charter traffic which is measured by Charter ASKs increased by 20.41%. The Number of Charter Services increased by 31.44% to 301 compared with the prior year. RPT Passenger numbers for the month increased by 2.36% over the previous year. Skywest, the Australian and South East Asia regional airline, is pleased to announce its network operating statistics for the month of August 2011. At this point, we are trying to correct a problem.SKYWEST AIRLINES LTD (Skywest or the Company) AUGUST 2011 AIRLINE PASSENGER OPERATING STATISTICS “The time to fix the pilot shortage was four or five years ago. “I think no matter what we do right now, more communities are going to lose air service,” Black told TPG in an interview last month. While EAS routes can’t be cut as easily as non-EAS routes, due to the DOT’s involvement, the industry fears the general picture will get worse, said Faye Malarkey Black, the Regional Airline Association’s president.
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Regional routes - particularly those belonging to United - have been cut extensively in the past six months as regional airlines struggle to replace pilots who are leaving in large numbers to go work for major airlines. This move by SkyWest is just the latest inconvenience that travelers in small communities are facing due to the pilot shortage. More: Pilot shortages, small city cuts and 5G: Meet the woman trying to fix the regional airline industry’s woes “For travelers who live in the affected cities or are visiting the cities whose service is being changed, it will be important to understand whether they continue to have the same easy access to United’s network and schedules at its various hubs,” Harteveldt told TPG in an interview. In the case of SkyWest, the DOT might want to take a look at the changes, said industry analyst Henry Harteveldt, the president of Atmosphere Research. Department of Transportation, which administers the EAS program. Contracts are bid on by different carriers and awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to end its flying between United’s hub at Washington Dulles (IAD) and two cities in New York: Plattsburgh (PBG) and Ogdensburg (OGS).Ī spokesperson for SkyWest told TPG that “we’ve modified some schedules to maximize the service we’re able to continue to provide with our current staffing resources.” The spokesperson said that the airline did not need to file these changes with the DOT because the airline is maintaining the same number of round trips it is contracted for.ĮAS is the federal government’s program that subsidizes air service to small communities where service might not otherwise be viable. Earlier this year, the airline filed with the U.S. These changes are the latest tweaks by SkyWest to its EAS flying. More: How a pilot shortage could leave travelers with higher fares and fewer options SkyWest’s new EAS service pattern. SkyWest’s shift to multiple-stop service will affect the following markets, which are all branded as United Express: There are also some cities, such as Clarksburg, West Virginia, that will receive at least one non-stop out-and-back flight a day, despite the change, in addition to having its other nonstop routes turn into multi-stop itineraries. Another daily round trip, UA5017, flies in the opposite direction from Chicago to Mason City, then to Fort Dodge, then back to Chicago.Įach of these stops is scheduled for 35 minutes. One daily round trip, UA5015, will see one of SkyWest’s 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet 200s fly from Chicago to Fort Dodge, then to Mason City, then back to Chicago. But, starting next month, it will morph into a multi-stop service that also incorporates SkyWest’s EAS route to Mason City. That route is currently served as a nonstop roundtrip from United’s hub at Chicago O’Hare (ORD). Take SkyWest’s service to Fort Dodge, Iowa, for example.
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SkyWest Airlines, which is also the nation’s largest regional airline, is changing the service pattern to 18 of the 49 EAS cities it currently services. The nation’s largest operator of Essential Air Service routes is making some changes because of the pilot shortage.