Skywest Airlines Limited COURT ORDERS SCHEME MEETING (4631Y)

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RNS Number : 4631Y

Skywest Airlines Limited

22 February 2013

ASX: SXR

AIM: SKYW

SKYWEST AIRLINES LTD.

("Skywest" or "the Company")

HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE ORDERS SCHEME MEETING TO VOTE ON PROPOSED SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA TO ACQUIRE SKYWEST

Further to the announcements dated 30 October 2012 and 6 December 2012, Skywest wishes to update the market regarding the status of the proposed scheme of arrangement between Skywest and Virgin Australia Holdings Limited.

Pursuant to an order of the High Court of Singapore on 22 February 2013, a scheme meeting of Skywest's shareholders will be convened on 13 March 2013 for Skywest Shareholders to vote on the proposed scheme of arrangement for Virgin Australia Holdings Limited to acquire Skywest.

The Company will update the market on further developments including the despatch of the scheme document with the full timetable of events and the scheme meeting results.

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Enquiries:

Skywest Airlines Ltd

Jeff Chatfield, Executive Chairman [phone]

Nominated Adviser

James Joyce, W H Ireland Limited 0207 220 1666

Company Stockbroker

W H Ireland Limited 0207 220 1670

Financial Public Relations

Bishopsgate Communications 0207 562 3350

Nick Rome

[e-mail]

Media Enquiries (Australia)

Brian O'Dwyer [phone]

The Skywest Directors (including any who may have delegated detailed supervision of this Announcement) have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated and all the opinions expressed in this Announcement are fair and accurate and that no material facts have been omitted from this Announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this Announcement misleading, and the Skywest Directors jointly and severally accept full responsibility accordingly.

Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or otherwise publicly available sources, the sole responsibility of the Skywest Directors has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is correctly extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this Announcement.

Websites

www.skywest.com.au

www.advent.com.sg

www.skywest.com.sg

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