Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports April 2009 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX)  today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of April 2009.

  APRIL 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                   Apr-09        Apr-08           Change
  Passengers Enplaned              36,882        45,512           (19.0)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)    10,100        12,126           (16.7)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       33,641        27,829            20.9%
  Load Factor                      30.02%        43.57%           (13.6) pts
  RASM (cents)                     27.69         30.48            (9.2)%


                                   YTD 2009      YTD 2008         Change
  Passengers Enplaned              147,234       186,650          (21.1)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)    40,614        50,203           (19.1)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       130,400       110,770           17.7%
  Load Factor                      31.15%        45.32%           (14.2) pts
  RASM (cents)                     28.14         30.51            (7.8)%




Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 65 airports in seventeen states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.  Additional information is available at http://www.flygreatlakes.com/ including a current route map at http://www.flygreatlakes.com/route_map/route_map.pdf.

All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and/or Frontier Airlines at our Albuquerque, Billings, Denver, Phoenix, Kansas City, MO and Ontario, CA hubs.  The company also operates hubs in Milwaukee and St. Louis.

Contact:  Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO

[phone] 

DATASOURCE: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.



CONTACT:  Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.,

[phone]



Web Site:  http://www.flygreatlakes.com/ 

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