From Fresno to San Francisco, about 158 flight miles, the jet aircraft takes 30 to 40 minutes, compared to about 40 to 50 minutes for the propeller-powered planes. The turboprop EMB 120s make the flight in about 50 to 60 minutes. On SkyWest’s early weekday flight to Los Angeles, a CRJ200 jet makes the 210-mile hop from Fresno in about 40 to 50 minutes. “With this specific upgrade, Fresno will benefit from quicker flights, more comfortable cabins, and quieter aircraft,” Snow said.

Three flights on the CRJ200 can carry the same number of passengers, 150, as five flights aboard the EMB 120.

Translation: Fewer daily flights for passengers to choose from, but on bigger, faster airplanes. Snow said specific daily schedules have not been finalized, but said SkyWest anticipates maintaining capacity by offering the same number of seats available daily to each of the destinations. Taking their place on the Fresno-San Francisco and Fresno-Los Angeles routes will be larger 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets, said Marissa Snow, a SkyWest spokeswoman. The airline announced that all of its remaining EMB 120s will be taken out of service by this summer. Utah-based SkyWest Airlines, which flies the United Express service under a contract partnership with United Airlines - and also contracts with other airlines in Fresno - is phasing out its aging fleet of 30-seat Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop airplanes across its entire system and moving to an all-jet fleet. to Honolulu, and Frontier Airlines has no plans to resume the nonstop Fresno-Denver flights that it dropped last month. Allegiant Airlines confirmed this week that it has dropped its direct nonstop flights from Fresno and several other cities in the western U.S. The move is one of several changes that have been made recently by airlines that will affect choices, schedules and destinations available to passengers in Fresno and the Valley.

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