SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 30, 2025 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Rob Simmons – Chief Financial Officer
Eric Woodward – Chief Accounting Officer
Chip Childs – President and Chief Executive Officer
Wade Steel – Chief Commercial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Savi Syth – Raymond James
Shannon Doherty – Deutsche Bank
Catherine O’Brien – Goldman Sachs
Tom Fitzgerald – TD Cowen
Jake Gunning – Evercore ISI

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Abby, and I’ll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the SkyWest, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.

And I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Rob Simmons, Chief Financial Officer. You may begin.

Rob Simmons

Thanks, Abby, and thanks, everyone, for joining us on the call today. As Abby indicated, this is Rob Simmons, SkyWest’s Chief Financial Officer. On the call with me today are Chip Childs, President and Chief Executive Officer; Wade Steel, Chief Commercial Officer; and Eric Woodward, Chief Accounting Officer. I’d like to start today by asking Eric to read the safe harbor. Then I will turn the time over to Chip for some comments. Following Chip, I will take us through the financial results, then Wade will discuss the fleet and related flying arrangements. Following Wade, we will have the customary Q&A session with our sell-side analysts. Eric?

Eric Woodward

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