Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports December 2009 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 2009 and year ending December 31, 2009.

                     DECEMBER 2009 AND YEAR ENDING STATISTICS

                                 Dec-09               Dec-08        Change
  Passengers Enplaned            40,884               43,576        (6.2)%
  Revenue Passenger
   Miles (000)                   11,790               12,315        (4.3)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)     31,682               31,416          0.8%
  Load Factor                      37.2%                39.2%   (2.0) pts
  RASM (cents)                    31.79                31.26          1.7%


                               YTD 2009             YTD 2008       Change

  Passengers Enplaned           481,688              569,844       (15.5)%

  Revenue Passenger
   Miles (000)                  134,077              154,655       (13.3)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)    401,068              360,636         11.2%
  Load Factor                      33.4%                42.9%   (9.5) pts
  RASM (cents)                    29.45                31.24        (5.7)%





Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 61 airports in sixteen 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 a Milwaukee hub.

Contact:     Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO

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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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