8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  June 23, 2009

SKYWEST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Utah	0-14719	87-0292166
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)
444 South River Road
St. George, Utah		84790
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (435) 634-3200

N/A

(Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 23, 2009, SkyWest, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that W. Steve Albrecht tendered to the Company his resignation as a director of the Company, effective June 30, 2009.  Mr. Albrecht has indicated to the Company that he intends to commence service as a Mission President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in July 2009.

On June 23, 2009, the Company also announced that Michael K. Young, President of the University of Utah, has been appointed to serve as a director of the Company, effective July 1, 2009.  No committee assignments for President Young had been determined at the time of this filing.

President Young will be eligible to participate as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation practices; however, no awards to President Young were made in connection with his appointment to serve as a director of the Company.

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 23, 2009, the Company issued a press release relating to the foregoing matters.  A copy of that press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	SKYWEST, INC.
Dated: June 23, 2009	By	/s/ Bradford R. Rich
		Bradford R. Rich, Executive Vice President
		and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
99.1	Press release, dated June 23, 2009, entitled “SkyWest, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director”

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For more information contact:

Michael J. Kraupp

VP Finance and Asst. Treasurer

St. George, UT 84790

Telephone: (435) 634-3203

Fax: (435) 634-3205

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2009

SKYWEST, INC. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR

ST. GEORGE, UT, PR Newswire / — SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) today announced the appointment of Michael K. Young to the Board of Directors of SkyWest, Inc. and its subsidiaries, effective July 1, 2009.  Young has been appointed to fill the vacancies that will be created with the resignation of W. Steve Albrecht, who has notified SkyWest of his intention to resign as a director of SkyWest, Inc., SkyWest Airlines, Inc. and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., effective June 30, 2009.   Young is currently the 14th president of the University of Utah.  Prior to his appointment at the University of Utah, he was Dean of the George Washington University Law School (1998-2004).  Before that, he was the Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law and Legal Institutions and Director of the Center of Japanese Legal Studies and the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia University (1978-1998). In the administration of President George H. W. Bush, he served as Ambassador for Trade and Environmental Affairs and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in the U.S. Department of State. He has also served as a member of the Committee on International Judicial Relations of the Judicial Conference of the United States. President Young is widely recognized for his academic work and his advocacy on behalf of international human rights.  He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (B.A., 1973) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1976), where he served as a note Editor of the Harvard Law Review.   After graduation from law school, he served as a Law Clerk to then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jerry C. Atkin, Chairman and CEO of SkyWest, Inc., said, “We thank Steve Albrecht for his valuable contributions while serving on the board of directors and wish him well in

his endeavor to serve his church for the next three years.  We are pleased with the addition of Michael Young to our talented slate of directors.  We believe that his extensive background in education and vast legal experience will bring added dimension to the board, and we look forward to his contributions to the SkyWest organization.”

SkyWest Airlines, based in St. George, Utah, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (“ASA”), based in Atlanta, Georgia, are wholly owned subsidiaries of SkyWest, Inc.  SkyWest Airlines operates as United Express, Delta Connection and Midwest Connect carriers under contractual agreements with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Midwest Airlines.  ASA operates as a Delta Connection carrier under a contractual agreement with Delta Air Lines.  System-wide, SkyWest, Inc. serves a total of approximately 208 cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, with nearly 2,400 daily departures.  This press release and additional information regarding SkyWest, Inc. can be accessed at www.skywest.com.