SKY WEST AIRLINES has been in business in St.George, Utah for 35 years, and has grown from a one-plane operation to the world's largest regional airline alliance. In June, 1972, SkyWest launched its first flight in a Piper Seneca light twin aircraft and then flew 256 passengers that year. In 2006, the airline flew 19.5 million passngers. The company started with 3 employees and now has 11,000. They fly to 146 cities in 38 states and 5 Canadian provinces, with more than 1,800 daily departures through hubs in Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwauke, Portland, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco operated out of (1 comments)