Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports December 2008 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX)  today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of December 2008 and year ending December 31, 2008.

                   DECEMBER 2008 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                     Dec-08        Dec-07      Change
  Passengers Enplaned                43,576        45,197     (3.6)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      12,315        12,124      1.6 %
  Available Seat Miles (000)         31,416        25,701      22.2%
  Load Factor                        39.2%         47.2%      (8.0) pts
  RASM (cents)                       31.26         30.00       4.2 %

                                     YTD 2008      YTD 2007    Change
  Passengers Enplaned                569,844       578,773    (1.5)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      154,655       157,144    (1.6)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)         360,636       318,524    13.2 %
  Load Factor                        42.9%         49.3%      (6.4) pts
  RASM (cents)                       31.24         29.82       4.8 %




Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 59 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 Denver, Phoenix, Kansas City, MO and Ontario, CA hubs.  The company also operates hubs in Albuquerque, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.

Contact:  Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO

[phone] 

DATASOURCE: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.



CONTACT:  Michael Matthews, VP Finance-CFO for Great Lakes Aviation,

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

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