Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports February 2009 Traffic

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

                       FEBRUARY 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                 Feb-09        Feb-08        Change
  Passengers Enplaned            35,042        45,517        (23.0)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  9,634         12,265        (21.5)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)     30,785        27,122         13.5%
  Load Factor                    31.29%        45.21%        (13.9) pts
  RASM (cents)                   28.54         30.17         (5.4)%


                                 YTD 2009      YTD 2008      Change
  Passengers Enplaned            72,457        90,069        (19.6)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  20,029        24,170        (17.1)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)     63,414        54,708         15.9%
  Load Factor                    31.59%        44.18%        (12.6) pts
  RASM (cents)                   28.28         29.59         (4.4)%




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

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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.flygreatlakes.com/ 

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