Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports November 2009 Traffic

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

                NOVEMBER 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                    Nov-09       Nov-08       Change
  Passengers Enplaned               39,160       41,281        (5.1)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles
   (000)                            11,177       11,507        (2.9)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)        33,579       31,295          7.3%
  Load Factor                        33.29        36.77%   (3.5) pts
  RASM (cents)                       29.97        30.38        (1.3)%


                                  YTD 2009     YTD 2008       Change
  Passengers Enplaned              440,784      526,268       (16.2)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles
   (000)                           122,288      142,340       (14.1)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       369,386      329,219         12.2%
  Load Factor                        33.11%       43.24%  (10.1) pts
  RASM (cents)                       29.25        31.24        (6.4)%





Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 63 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.greatlakesav.com/

http://www.flygreatlakes.com/ 

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