July 24, 2013 

Dennis J. DeVany 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

US Department of Transportation 

400 Seventh Street, S.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

SkyWest Airlines’ Essential Air Service Proposal for Vernal, Utah 

Dear Mr. DeVany: 

Attached is SkyWest Airlines’ proposal to begin providing direct air service from Vernal 

Regional Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport. 

SkyWest welcomes this opportunity to once again provide air service to the Vernal 

community. Our combination of safe and reliable aircraft, well-timed schedules, and 

access to one of the world’s largest airline networks is unmatched. Our service will 

ensure passengers enjoy quality air service and will help drive economic growth in the 

region. 

Delta Air Lines’ Network 

One of the most beneficial aspects of this proposal is the connectivity it provides Vernal 

passengers. They will enjoy access to Delta Air Lines’ global network, including 

thousands of daily flights to 330 destinations in 65 countries. The airline is also a 

founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry’s 

leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia – making it easy to 

connect on to more than 15,000 daily flights. This connectivity makes it simple for 

passengers to plan their travel and is a key factor in the area’s continued economic 

development. 

Frequency and Schedule 

As directed by the RFP, we will offer a minimum of 12 round-trip flights per week. All 

flights have been timed to ensure they offer passengers valuable flight schedules that 

arrive and depart on bank. This means that they have been optimized for maximum 

connection opportunities in Salt Lake City, making the service convenient for both 

business and leisure travelers. 
With more than 500 Delta or Delta Connection departures per day, Salt Lake City 

International Airport makes it easy to get to destinations around the world. In addition to 

being a major hub, Salt Lake City is also a top destination for the community. 

Superior Aircraft 

Service will be provided using the Embraer Brasilia 120 (EMB 120) 30-seat turboprop 

aircraft. SkyWest is the largest domestic operator of this reliable and proven aircraft type. 

All SkyWest EMB 120 aircraft are serviced by one of our highly-trained flight attendants, 

further adding to the comfort and convenience of our passengers’ flying experience, and 

are equipped with a lavatory. Additional details and specifications can be found in the 

EMB fact sheet attached to this document. 

Summary 

SkyWest believes this proposal provides the best overall option for air service in the 

Vernal community. Given the connectivity at Salt Lake City, the well-timed schedule and 

reliable equipment we expect to see continued growth in the number of passengers 

utilizing the service. We will also work with community and airport partners to market 

the service. 

SkyWest is excited about the opportunity to once again provide reliable air service to 

Vernal, Utah. 

Thank you for your consideration. 

Sincerely, 

Michael Thompson 

Vice President – Market Development 

SkyWest Airlines 
SkyWest Airlines

Vernal, UT Air Service Bid 2014‐2015

7/24/2013

Vernal, UT

SLC, UT

Number of round‐trips per week 12

Aircraft type EMB 120

Passenger Revenue

Passengers             15,000

Average fare $             82.50

Revenue $      1,237,500

Block Time

Trip block time (minutes) 55                     

Total scheduled block time                1,144

Total completed block time   98% 1,121               

RPMS

Passengers             15,000

Stage length                   131

       1,965,000

ASMs

Scheduled departures                1,248

Competed departures 98% 1,223               

Stage length                   131

Available Seats                     30

       4,904,640

Revenue $      1,237,500

EMB

Direct operating expenses Blk Hr 1,675.00 $    $      1,877,876

RPM related RPMs 0.0120 $        $           23,580

Departure related Departures 375.00 $        $         458,640

ASM related ASMs 0.0340 $        $         166,758

Total expenses 2,526,854 $     

Operating income (loss) (1,289,354) $    

5% profit margin 126,343 $         

Subsidy requirement 1,415,696 $     

SkyWest effective rates per unit

Cost per trip $             2,066

Cost per passenger $                 168

SkyWest cost per block hour $             2,254

Effective Subsidy rate per unit

Subsidy per trip $             1,158

Subsidy per passenger $                   94

Passengers / Departure 12

Load factor 40%
As a leading air service provider offering global access to millions of people each month, 

SkyWest partners with the world’s largest network carriers including United Airlines, Delta Air 

Lines, US Airways, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines. With a fleet of 330 aircraft, 

SkyWest’s more than 10,500 aviation professionals operate more than 1,900 flights each day 

to 175 destinations throughout North America. SkyWest is known for its industry-leading 

workforce, exceptional leadership team, and continued solid operational and economic 

performance. The airline is headquartered in St. George, Utah.
Eastern

11:00

Central

10:00

Atlantic

NOON

Pacic

8:00

Mountain

9:00

Current Route Map

SKYWEST AIRLINES ROUTE MAP EFFECTIVE JULY 2013 (updated monthly, may not reect recent service updates. )

United Turboprop

US Airways Regional Jet

American Regional Jet

Alaska Regional Jet

United Regional Jet

Time Zones

Seasonal

Delta Turboprop

Delta Regional Jet

Calgary

Vancouver

Regina

Tulsa

Orange County

Sacramento

San Jose

San Francisco

San Antonio

Rock Springs

Redmond/Bend

Pasco/Richland/

Kennewick

Chicago

Ontario

Omaha

Oklahoma City

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Missoula

Madison

Minot

Medford Milwaukee

Kansas City

Las Vegas

Idaho Falls

Houston 

Washington, DC

Helena

Great Falls Spokane

Gillette Sioux Falls

Kalispell

Fresno

Fargo

Eugene

Detroit

Duluth

Dallas

Denver

Colorado Springs

Bozeman

Boise

Bismarck

Fresno

Seattle/Tacoma

Santa Barbara Burbank

Portland

Long Beach

Ontario

Albuquerque

El Paso

Fresno

Los Angeles

Monterey

Phoenix

Reno

Redmond/Bend

Santa Fe

San Diego

Santa Barbara

San Jose

Salt Lake City

Sacramento

Tucson

Eugene

Flagstaff

Santa Barbara

Grand Junction

Ontario

Palm Springs Phoenix

Salt Lake City

Tucson

Fresno

Bakersfield

Durango

El Paso

Monterey

San Luis Obispo

Yuma

Hermosillo

Des Moines

Albuquerque

Las Vegas

Toronto

Victoria

London

Saskatoon

Yuma

Fort McMurray

Thunder Bay

Kelowna

Halifax

Edmonton

Northwest Arkansas 

Villahermosa

Tucson

Traverse City

Tampico

Syracuse

White Plains

Springfield

Orange County

St. Louis

Santa Maria

Salt Lake City

St. George Springfield

Louisville

San Luis Obispo

Santa Barbara

San Diego

Fort Myers

Reno

Raleigh/Durham

Redding

Queretaro

Palm Springs

Pittsburgh

Phoenix

Portland

Paducah

North Bend

Norfolk

Nassau

Monterrey

Montrose

New Orleans

Monterey

Modesto

Moline

Muskegon

 Memphis

Miami

McAllen

Saginaw

Midland

Lincoln

Klamath Falls

Little Rock

Las Vegas

Los Angeles

Laramie

Jackson Hole

Inyokern

Indianapolis

Wichita

Grand Rapids

Grand Forks

Fort Wayne

Sioux Falls

El Paso

Eau Claire

Des Moines

Durango

Dayton

Cody

Charlotte

Cleveland

Cedar Rapids

Chico

Charleston

Columbus

Carlsbad

Houghton/Hancock

Crescent City

Burbank

Brownsville

Bakersfield Asheville

Austin

Aspen

Appleton

Atlanta

Eureka/Arcata

Burbank

Seattle/Tacoma

Albuquerque

Grand Junction

Oakland

Casper

Winnipeg

West Yellowstone

Tucson

Twin Falls

Sun Valley

St. Louis

Salt Lake City

St. George

Seattle/Tacoma

Louisville

San Diego

Rochester

Reno

Rock Springs

Rhinelander

Providence

Palm Springs Phoenix

Pocatello

Ontario

Oakland

 Memphis

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Lewiston

La Crosse

Lincoln

Long Beach

Los Angeles

Jackson Hole Grand Rapids

International Falls

Wiliston

Iron Mountain

Wichita

Hibbing

Green Bay

Grand Junction

Grand Forks Spokane

Fresno

Elko

Dickinson

Wausau

Casper

Cody

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Cedar City

Baltimore

Burbank

Butte Brainerd

Nashville

Bemidji

Billings

Kalamazoo

Austin

Appleton

Alpena

Albuquerque

Aberdeen
Pacific Time

4:00

Mountain Time 5:00 Central Time 6:00 Eastern Time 7:00 Hawaii-Aleutian Time 1:00

Alaska Time 3:00

CANADA

Dickinson

Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection Route

Future Route Service

Route served by Alaska Airlines/

Horizon Air

Destination served by Delta / Delta 

Connection

Destination served by one of Delta’s 

Worldwide Codeshare Partners

Time zone (Legislated standard time 

zones shown. Observed time may dier.)

Eective June 2013. Select routes are seasonal. Some future 

services subject to government approval. Service may be 

operated by one of Delta’s codeshare partner airlines or one 

of Delta’s Connection Carriers.  Flights are subject to change 

without notice.

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LOUISIANA

M ISS ISSIPPI

ALABAMA

GEO RGIA

F LORI DA

SOUTH 

CAROLINA

N O RTH 

CAROLINA

V IRGINIA

KENTUCKY

OHIO

PENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK

INDIANA

ILLINOIS

MICHIGAN

TENNE S SEE

OKLAHOMA

M I S SOURI

I OWA

KAN SA S

NEBRASKA

SOUTH DAKOTA

N O RTH DAKOTA MINNE SOTA

WYOMING WISCONSIN

MON TANA

I DAHO O R EGON

WASHIN GT O N

CALI FORNIA

N EVA DA

UTA H

ARI ZONA

NEW MEXICO

CO LORADO

ARKAN SA S

W E ST 

V I RGINIA

VT

N H

MAINE

M AS S .

CO N N.

RI

N J

MARYLAND DEL.

MEXI C O

C ANA D A

BAHAMAS

CUBA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Pacific

Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Gulf

of Mexico

H AWAII

Pacific Ocean

ALASKA

Miami

Orlando

West Palm Beach

Portland

Seattle/Tacoma

Boise

San Jose

Las Vegas

Burbank

San Diego

San 

Francisco Oakland

Denver

Sacramento

Salt Lake City

Tucson

Phoenix/Scottsdale

Sarasota/Bradenton

Albuquerque

Charleston

Colorado Springs

Greenville/

Spartanburg

Huntsville/

 Decatur

Pensacola

Savannah

Baltimore

Birmingham

Chicago (ORD, MDW)

Houston (IAH, HOU)

Louisville

Memphis

Milwaukee

Philadelphia

San Antonio

St. Louis

Tampa/St. Petersburg

Charlotte

Cleveland

Dallas/

Ft. Worth 

(DFW)

Detroit

Jacksonville

Kansas City

New Orleans

NewYork(JFK, LGA)

Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Omaha

Baton Rouge

Albany

Atlanta

Austin

Boston

Columbia

Columbus

Jackson

Little Rock

Nashville

Oklahoma City

Raleigh/Durham

Richmond

Tallahassee

Washington, D.C. (DCA, IAD)

Hartford/

Springfield

Cincinnati

Bozeman

Orange County

Portland

Providence

Newark

Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem

Lexington

Grand 

Rapids

Ft. Lauderdale/ Hollywood

Syracuse

Bualo/ Niagara Falls

Knoxville Tulsa

Daytona Beach

El Paso/

Ciudad Juárez

Manchester

Melbourne

Mobile

Ontario

Ft. Myers/Naples

Ft.Walton Beach

Indianapolis

Minneapolis/

St. Paul

Dayton

Lafayette

Alexandria

Harrisburg

Madison

Shreveport

Pittsburgh

Appleton/

Fox Cities

Binghamton

Bangor

Billings

Bloomington

Burlington

Cedar Rapids/

 Iowa City Des Moines

Elmira/ Corning

Erie

Ft. Wayne

White Plains

Lansing

Midland/

Saginaw

Moline/ 

Quad 

Cities

Rochester

Springfield/

Branson

Great Falls

Sioux Falls

Spokane

Wichita

Lincoln

Montgomery

Panama City

Fayetteville/

Northwest Arkansas

Missoula

Rapid City

Reno/Tahoe

Asheville

Charleston

Akron/Canton

Gulfport/Biloxi

Chattanooga

Newburgh

Roanoke

Gainesville

Kalispell

Evansville

Monroe

Tri-Cities

Casper

Jackson Hole

Pasco/Richland

/Kennewick

Los Angeles Newport News/Williamsburg

South Bend

Helena

Flint

Idaho Falls

Allentown

Kalamazoo/ Battle Creek

Duluth

Myrtle Beach

Juneau

Honolulu Kahului

Kona

Long Beach

La Crosse Rochester

Killeen/Ft. Hood

Montrose/

Telluride

Traverse City

Hayden/Steamboat Springs

Eagle/Vail/Beaver Creek

Nantucket

Lihue

Gillette

Rock Springs

Fargo

Williston

Wausau Green Bay

Ithaca

Peoria

West Yellowstone

Anchorage

Fairbanks

Ketchikan

Elko

Palm Springs

Fresno/Yosemite

Sun Valley

Twin

Falls

Pocatello

St. George

Columbus/

Starkville/

West Point

Albany

Augusta

Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton

Brunswick

Charlottesville

Columbus/Ft. Benning

Dothan

Key West

Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg

Valdosta

State College

Wilmington

Cody

Eugene

Lewiston

Medford

Redmond/Bend

Grand Junction

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune

New Bern

Cedar City

Butte

Bismarck

Aberdeen

Alpena

Sault Ste. Marie

Escanaba

Grand 

Forks

Iron Mountain

Brainerd Marquette

Bemidji

Chisholm/

Hibbing

Minot International Falls

Pellston/Mackinac Island

Santa Rosa

Dallas Love Field (DAL)

Ft. Smith

Bellingham

Abbotsford

Wenatchee

Yakima

Walla 

Walla

Sitka

Mammoth 

Lakes

Pullman

Maui

Hawaii

Kauai

Oahu

Vancouver

Edmonton

Winnipeg

Saskatoon

Regina

Calgary/Ban

Toronto

Montreal

Québec

Ottawa

Halifax

Victoria

Kelowna

Prince George Grande Prairie Ft. McMurray

Charlottetown

St. John’s, NL

Martha’s Vineyard

Hilo

Thunder Bay

Moncton

Rhinelander

Sydney
Maximum takeoff weight 26,433 lbs (11,990 kg) 

weights

Maximum range

performance

High cruise speed

speeds

Maximum operating altitude 32,000 ft 9,756 m

ceiling

800 NM (920 SM / 1,482 KM)

315

knots

364

mph

584

km/h

Number 30

passengers

Number 1800 SHP Pratt & Whitney PW118B 

engines

Length overall 

Wingspan

Height overall

Maximum Cabin height

Cargo Capacity

Fuel Capacity

 (20.0 m)

 (19.80 m)

 (6.35 m)

 (1.70 m)

 (6.3 m)

(3226.5 l)

65 ft 7 in

64 ft 11 in 

20 ft 10 in

 5 ft 9 in

222 cubic feet

875 US gallons

dimensions

Embraer Brasilia Turbo-Prop

Fact Sheet for

EMB 120ER

A

Lavatory

Main Entrance

Galley

Emergency Exits

Emergency Exits

Lavatory Lavatory

Main Entrance

Galley

Emergency Exits

Emergency Exits

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

FORWARD GALLEY AFT GALLEY

C D B

A

C B

C

B

A

A