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ST. GEORGE — Air travelers will have another choice of destinations when leaving the St. George Regional Airport thanks to SkyWest Airlines, along with some help from Washington County and the city of St. George.
The Washington County Commission approved an agreement Tuesday that will help subsidize the launch of a new round-trip SkyWest Airlines flight from St. George to Los Angeles, California.
County commissioners approved $225,000 for startup costs for the nonstop flight, which will be marketed as United Express.
The addition of Los Angeles to the three existing routes to Salt Lake City, Denver and Phoenix will point travelers in every direction from St. George, SkyWest Managing Director of Market Development Greg Atkin said.
“It also gives you connecting access to, really, anything in the world and the country,” he said.
The county’s part of the subsidy will come from available tourism and recreation taxes and money left over from a similar $100,000 subsidy arrangement for the startup of a Phoenix flight in November 2016.
St. George City will provide the other $225,000 for the new service – as it did for the St. George-to-Phoenix flight – and waive up to $50,000 in landing and other fees for the new route.
