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Regional giant SkyWest to acquire ExpressJet

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY


Consolidation in the U.S. airline industry has trickled down to the nation's regional carriers. The USA's largest regional operator -- SkyWest -- today announced that it plans to acquire Houston-based ExpressJet, another U.S. regional carrier.

The Houston Business Journal writes that "as per the agreement, ExpressJet will be folded into SkyWest subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines, based in Atlanta. It is expected that ExpressJet will move its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, but maintain an operational support structure in Houston."

The Associated Press writes that "Atlantic Southeast and SkyWest operate as Delta Connection and as United Express. ExpressJet operates as Continental Connection. The companies said Wednesday they expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter." Dow Jones adds the SkyWest-ExpressJet deal "lines up the commuter operations" of United and Continental, which hope to close their own merger deal by the end of the year.

AP notes "SkyWest has tried to buy ExpressJet before. The company made an offer of $3.50 per share in April 2008, but that price was rejected by ExpressJet's board as too low. ExpressJet, which was spun off from Continental in 2002, has been exploring options for its business ever since."

In a press release announcing the deal, ExpressJet says it expects "that the vast majority of front-line employee positions will not be impacted by the acquisition." The company adds "the transaction is not expected to result in material changes to operating schedules, destinations served or aircraft deployment of either airline."

Air Transport Intelligence writes "Utah-based SkyWest and ... Atlantic Southeast are both major operators of Bombardier CRJs, while ExpressJet ... extensively uses Embraer ERJ aircraft."

In other news today involving SkyWest, The Associated Press writes that the company "said its second-quarter earnings fell 29% despite higher traffic because it made less money per passenger. The company earned $18.7 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $26.2 million, or 46 cents per share, a year earlier." Analysts had expected a profit of 38 cents a share, according to AP.

SkyWest also operates a small number of flights from Milwaukee under a partnership with AirTran.

Allegiant Air orders 757-200 blended winglet systems

Allegiant Air has ordered six shipsets of Aviation Partners Boeing 757-200 Blended Winglets.
The first installations have commenced at ATS in Everett, Washington, and Flightstar in Jacksonville, Florida.

"We are very delighted to announce that Allegiant Air has joined our vast list of partners," says Aviation Partners Boeing CEO John Reimers. "This order gives Allegiant Air the opportunity to put our product into service and experience the incredible value that Blended Winglet technology is generating for other airlines worldwide."

Blended Winglet performance-enhanced 757-200s will be used for Allegiant Air's planned ETOPS (Extended-Range Twin-Engine Operations) flights to Hawaii, among other potential routes. Blended Winglet Technology can save the average 757-200 operator approximately 225,000 gallons (851,625 litres) of fuel per aircraft per year. Enhanced takeoff performance from the installation of Blended Winglets will offer Allegiant Air potential for significantly improved passenger payloads on long haul flights. Added range capability, another important plus of Blended Winglet Technology, will also give Allegiant Air improved fuel margins on extended range operations. Further, Blended Winglet can reduce engine maintenance costs and also offer important eco-friendly attributes including reduced emissions of carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide on the order of 5%.

"We look forward to soon serving the Hawaii market with our newly purchased Boeing 757 aircraft," Allegiant CEO and Chairman Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. commented. "We appreciate the cost-savings that APB and its Blended Winglets product will provide for this new service and look forward to sharing this value with our customers."

Over 3,600 Blended Winglet Systems are now in service with over 120 airlines in more than 80 countries. APB estimates that Blended Winglets have saved airlines worldwide more than 2.1 billion gallons of jet fuel to-date. Aviation Partners Boeing is a Seattle based joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company.