Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports August 2009 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX)  today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of August 2009.

                     AUGUST 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                          Aug-09      Aug-08     Change
  Passengers Enplaned                     43,385      51,336     (15.5)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)           11,864      13,699     (13.4)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)              35,111      32,203       9.0%%
  Load Factor                              33.79      42.54%      (8.8) pts
  RASM (cents)                             29.84       31.35      (4.8)%


                                        YTD 2009    YTD 2008     Change
  Passengers Enplaned                    318,984     388,173     (17.8)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)           87,827     104,215     (15.7)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)             269,451     232,464      15.9%
  Load Factor                             32.59%      44.83%     (12.2) pts
  RASM (cents)                             28.95       31.28      (7.4)%



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.greatlakesav.com/ 

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