SkyWest Airlines names Bill Dykes Vice President of Maintenance

SkyWest Airlines reported that Bill Dykes will become SkyWest’s Vice President of Maintenance, effective Jan. 7, 2014. Bill Dykes succeeds H. Michael Gibson, who is retiring after 26 years with SkyWest Airlines. Bill will oversee all of SkyWest’s maintenance operations, including its major repair, overhaul and maintenance bases at Chicago O’Hare, Colorado Springs, Fresno, Milwaukee, Nashville, Palm Springs, Salt Lake City and Tucson. This includes the more than 1,300 SkyWest Airlines maintenance professionals who support a fleet of more than 330 aircraft.