SkyWest Airline to start flights from Cody to Salt Lake

kyWest Airlines says it will use a federal subsidy to continue flights between Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody and Salt Lake City.The Powell Tribune reports that SkyWest will offer one daily flight during the winter months this winter and next winter. Flying for Delta Air Lines, SkyWest will receive a $352,000 subsidy from the federal Essential Air Service program.

As in the past, SkyWest says it will continue making morning and afternoon flights in the summer without a subsidy.The Essential Air Service program guarantees small airports, such as Yellowstone Regional, two commercial flights per day to a major hub like Salt Lake City.For the next two winters, SkyWest will fly a Canadair Regional Jet 200 (CRJ200) turbojet that holds 50 passengers.