Western Skyways

Western Skyways is a low cost airline from the Western Republic. Based in San Francisco, Western Skyways is the low cost subsidiary of WestAir.

Western Skyways has a fleet of 200 aircraft and flies to 60 destinations.

History
Western Skyways was founded on November 17, 1986, and began operations on August 10, 1987. Western Skyways made its maiden flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles, with a McDonnell Douglas MD-81.

In 1989, Western Skyways launched a regional subsidiary called AirWR.

Western Skyways was in a bad financial state in the mid-1990s, and were on the verge of becoming bankrupt. The airline was however, purchased by WestAir on February 29, 1996. WestAir allowed Western Skyways to operate as a subsidiary of the company, rather than being absorbed into WestAir completely.

Western Skyways’ regional subsidiary AirWR served as a connector airline for WestAir, until in 2002, when it merged with WestAir’s three other connector airlines,, , and to form WestAir Regional.

On February 13, 2018, WestAir gave Western Skyways the approval to join an airline alliance called Mapperdonia Skies, after WestAir left the alliance.

Destinations
Western Skyways flies to 60 destinations across 3 continents.

Fleet
Western Skyways has a fleet of 200 aircraft and orders for 150 more.