SkyWest reports third quarter 2020 profit

SkyWest has reported net income of $34 million, or $0.66 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2020, compared to net income of $91 million, or $1.79 per diluted share, for Q3 2019. The primary factor in SkyWest’s lower results in Q3 2020 compared to Q3 2019 was reduced flight schedules and lower demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Commenting on the results, Chip Childs, Chief Executive Officer of SkyWest, said, “Over the past several months, we have worked with our partners and our people to respond quickly and aggressively to the worst crisis our industry has experienced… We