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Contract also includes additional 60 reconfirmable aircraft and 100 options SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer (EMBRAER S.A. NYSE: ERJ; BM&FBOVESPA: EMBR3) and SkyWest Inc. (SkyWest) announced a firm order, today, for 40 EMBRAER 175 aircraft. SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with United Airlines. Another 60 firm orders are reconfirmable aircraft, which are subject to SkyWest being awarded CPA agreement...

ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc. ("SkyWest") (NASD:SKYW) announced today that it has entered into a Capacity Purchase Agreement ("CPA") with United Airlines, Inc. ("United") to operate 40 new Embraer E175 dual-class regional jet aircraft. SkyWest also announced today, in a separate release, an agreement with Embraer regarding the acquisition of these aircraft. The CPA with United has a term of 12 years and SkyWest will operate under terms and...

ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc. ("SkyWest") (NASD:SKYW) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Embraer for the purchase of 100 new E175 dual-class regional jet aircraft. Of the 100 aircraft, 40 are considered firm deliveries and the remaining 60 aircraft are considered conditional until SkyWest enters into capacity purchase agreements with other major airlines to operate the aircraft. Deliveries for the 40 firm aircraft are...

ATLANTA, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Transportation Conference at 9:20 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) A live webcast of this event can be accessed via the internet at:http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/about-delta/investor-relations/analyst-coverage-and-webcasts.html The online replay will be available at the same site...

ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc., (NASDAQ: SKYW) ("SkyWest") today reported that passenger boardings for April increased 5.8 percent to 5,034,736 compared to 4,757,224 for the same period last year. SkyWest also reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for April, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 8.0 percent compared to April 2012. The combined airlines generated 2.6 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs...

ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc. ("SkyWest") (NASDAQ: SKYW) today reported net income of $3.2 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to a net loss of $(0.7) million, or $(0.01) per diluted share, for the same period last year. Quarter Highlights SkyWest's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were slightly improved compared to the financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012....

ATLANTA, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is now selling eGift Certificates on delta.com in amounts from $50 to $1,000. The certificates are available in $5 increments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) "Giving or receiving the gift of travel is now incredibly easy for our customers," said Bob Kupbens, vice president - Marketing and Digital Commerce. "We want to make it easy for customers to do business with Delta, which is why we...

ATLANTA, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for April 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of April decreased 2% year over year due to demand softness in the domestic entity and the 1-2 point negative impact in the Pacific from the yen devaluation. This result is in line with previous guidance; Delta still expects a modest...

Employee, customer efforts strive to raise more than $1 million during the month of May ATLANTA, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines' (NYSE: DAL) fourth annual Delta Day of Hope will take place at more than 70 airports around the world on May 2 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society and raise more than $1 million toward the effort to end cancer. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO) Delta Day of Hope is modeled after the...

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer announced today that it has signed a firm order with United Airlines for the sale of 30 EMBRAER 175 jets, with options for an additional 40 of the same model, taking the firm order and options to a total of up to 70 aircraft. If all options are exercised, the combined order has an estimated value of USD 2.9 billion at current list prices. "With this order for the new enhanced E175 jet, we are delighted to reinforce...