SkyWest, Inc. announced the promotion of Justin Esplin as SkyWest's Vice President of Information Technology (IT), effective immediately. Justin succeeds Jim Jensen, who will retire at year-end after 33 years of dedicated SkyWest service. In his role as VP, Justin will oversee all of SkyWest's IT operations for operating subsidiaries SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, including hardware, software, application development and Internet security. This includes oversite of the more than 100 SkyWest IT professionals who support more than 2,500 daily departures across the entity. He will report to Chief Commercial Officer Wade Steel. Esplin brings more than 17 years' SkyWest IT experience to his role, and has helped lead and implement SkyWest's application development, business automation, software integration and database systems. He joined SkyWest in 2001 and was named Director of Application Development in 2008. Prior to his time at SkyWest, Esplin was a division software manager.
SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (SkyWest Airlines) and SkyWest Leasing, Inc. (SkyWest Leasing), an aircraft leasing company. The Company operates through two segments: SkyWest Airlines and SWC, and SkyWest Leasing. SkyWest Airlines offers scheduled passenger service to destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Company's flights are operated as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle or Alaska Airlines flights under code-share agreements with United Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc. or Alaska Airlines, Inc., respectively. SkyWest Airlines has a fleet of approximately 500 aircraft. SkyWest Charter, LLC (SWC) offers on-demand charter service using CRJ200 aircraft in a 30-seat configuration. SkyWest Leasing finances new aircraft with debt under its capacity purchase agreements, consisting of its E175 aircraft. SkyWest Leasing is also engaged in leasing aircraft and engines to third parties.
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