1/29/2026

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Rob Gray
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Following Chip, I will take us through the financial results, then Wade will discuss the fleet and related flying arrangements. Following Wade, we'll have the customary Q&A session with our sell-side analysts. Eric?

speaker
Eric
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Actual results will likely vary and may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, or projected for a number of reasons. Some of the factors that may cause such differences are included in our most recent Form 10-K and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. And now I'll turn the call over to Chip.

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Chip Childs
President & Chief Executive Officer

Thank you, Rob and Eric. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on the call today. Today, SkyWest reported net income of $91 million or $2.21 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2025 and full year net income of $428 million or $10.35 per diluted share. These results reflect the challenges of the fourth quarter as well as the overall improved production in 2025 compared to the previous year. For the 2025 year, our model converted a growth of 15% in production to a 31% increase in pre-tax income, reflecting the strong operating leverage within our model. We're also pleased to announce extensions on key flying agreements, 40 E175s with United and 13 E175s with Delta. These agreements continue to strengthen our partnerships and demonstrate the ongoing long-term demand for our products. Our fleet flexibility has never been more important. And while our E-175 flying agreements are further solidified, we continue to leverage our extensive CRJ assets. Our ongoing investments in and the diversity of our fleet ensure we're well positioned to adapt to future market demands. I'm humbled and honored that SkyWest was named a Fortune World's Most Admired Companies for 2026. a distinction our people helped us earn for the third time now. SkyWest was named in the top 10 and the only regional airline on the list. This is an outstanding accomplishment, and I'm so proud of our exceptional team. Throughout 2025, SkyWest Airlines achieved more than 250 days of 100% controllable completion, a solid team accomplishment during a year we regularly reached over 2,500 daily scheduled departures. The fourth quarter was unusually challenging, starting out with the government shutdown and mandatory flight reductions and leading right into the peak holiday season travel. I want to thank our team of over 15,000 aviation professionals for their continued teamwork and dedication to excellence. As expected, we were disproportionately affected with more canceled flights than our major partners during the mandatory flight reductions, and we experienced a modest impact from the shutdown. Rob will talk more about that in a minute. We continue executing to de-risk our model. The contract extensions we announced today with United and Delta deliver ongoing revenue stability. With all of our dual class fleet, both CRJ and ERJ now under contract, we have no major E175 contract expirations until late 2028. Additionally, over the past three years, we've reduced our debt by $1 billion. All this work continues to place us in a solid position of long-term strength. The investments we're making today set us up well for 2027 and beyond. SkyWest continues to lead our segment of the industry in service and in value of our diverse assets. We remain disciplined and steady as we execute on our growth opportunities by delivering on significant prorate demand, investing, and fully utilize our existing fleet and preparing to receive our deliveries in the coming years for a total of nearly 300 E175s by the end of 2028. We spent years strengthening our balance sheet and fleet flexibility, as well as reinvesting in our future growth. We continue to play the long game and invest in our fleet and our future to ensure we're in the best possible position to respond to market demands in a way that no one else can. Rob will now take us through the financial data.

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