COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. , Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW) will fly more than 50 local children and their families aboard the annual Fantasy Flight to the "North Pole" on Saturday, December 11.

DENVER, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced the newest city in its Rocky Mountain expansion. On Dec. 18, 2008, Frontier will begin daily nonstop service between Denver and Steamboat Springs/Hayden, CO.

-- May passenger traffic at the Colorado Springs Airport rose for a 12th consecutive month despite Delta Air Lines ending service to Cincinnati on April 30.

Passenger traffic at the Colorado Springs Airport grew in April at the slowest rate in 10 months, in part because of flight cancellations by American Airlines. Traffic rose 1.9 percent from April 2007 to 78,315, the smallest monthly gain since a 1.4 percent increase in June 2007 from June 2006.

By Wayne Heilman, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. May 23--The Colorado Springs Airport pumps more than $3.54 billion a year into the local economy and is responsible for more than 51,000 jobs, according to a study of Colorado's 74 airports.