SkyWest Airlines has announced it will cut 170 positions from its Salt Lake City workforce.

The Deseret News reports that some baggage handler and ticket agent jobs at Salt Lake International Airport will be eliminated.

Airline spokeswoman Marissa Snow says the layoffs are a result of service reductions on several daily flights.

She says the cuts would be effective late next month for the SkyWest employees who serve Delta Connection flights.

St. George-based SkyWest employs about 11,000 workers in more than 160 locations nationwide, including about 3,000 in Utah.