Sioux City, Iowa — Regional air carrier SkyWest has announced they are planning to pull their commercial service out of Sioux City, Mason City, and Fort Dodge.
Assistant city manager Mike Collett oversees the Sioux Gateway Airport and says SkyWest also gave a 90-day notice they were ending service during the height of the pandemic.
SkyWest cites ongoing pilot staffing shortages as the reason for ending service. Collett is confident another airline will step up to provide flights.
Collett is also hopeful SkyWest will extend their service past the next 90 days.
SkyWest had recently suspended one of its three daily flights from Sioux Gateway Airport to Denver, and Sioux City officials last month announced they were extending their service agreement with the air carrier.
