SkyWest, AirTran form marketing partnership

SkyWest Airlines and AirTran Airways have formed a new marketing partnership to operate five 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft between Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport and six destinations.

Under the new partnership, it is anticipated that SkyWest Airlines will offer new non-stop service from Milwaukee to Akron/Canton, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; and Omaha, Nebraska; and will add frequency from Milwaukee to Indianapolis, Indiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and St Louis, Missouri.

SkyWest Airlines will reportedly launch its first flights carrying the AirTran Airways's code from Milwaukee to Pittsburgh and St Louis beginning December 4, 2009.

SkyWest Airlines's regional jet service between Milwaukee and six destinations will be sold in conjunction with AirTran jet service with revenue shared on a prorated basis, the company said. The aircraft is expected to be placed into service between December 2009 and February 2010.

SkyWest Airlines will control local availability, authorization levels and use of all seat inventory for the aircraft used by its parent company SkyWest. The company will assume fuel cost and will maintain all revenue and pricing responsibility for these routes, added SkyWest Airlines.

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