Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports March 2009 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX)  today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of March 2009.

                   MARCH 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                   Mar-09         Mar-08        Change
  Passengers Enplaned              37,895         51,069        (25.8)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)    10,484         13,907        (24.6)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       33,345         28,233         18.1%
  Load Factor                       31.44%         49.26%       (17.8) pts
  RASM (cents)                      28.31          32.33        (12.4)%

                                  YTD 2009       YTD 2008       Change
  Passengers Enplaned             110,352        141,138        (21.8)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)    30,513         38,077        (19.9)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       96,759         82,941         16.7%
  Load Factor                       31.54%         45.91%       (14.4) pts
  RASM (cents)                      28.29          30.52         (7.3)%




Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 66 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.flygreatlakes.com/ 

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