Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports January 2009 Traffic

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

                         JANUARY 2009 STATISTICS
                                      Jan-09      Jan-08      Change
  Passengers Enplaned                 37,415      44,552      (16.0)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)       10,396      11,906      (12.7)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)          32,629      27,581       18.3%
  Load Factor                           31.9%       43.2%     (11.3) pts
  RASM (cents)                         28.03       29.02       (3.4)%



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 Billings, 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 of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.,

[phone]



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

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