Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports October 2009 Traffic

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

                      OCTOBER 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                   Oct-09        Oct-08        Change
  Passengers Enplaned              41,808        49,290        (15.2)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)    11,918        13,742        (13.3)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)       32,759        32,970         (0.6)%
  Load Factor                       36.38        41.68%      (5.3) pts
  RASM (cents)                      31.02         32.29         (3.9)%


                                 YTD 2009      YTD 2008         Change
  Passengers Enplaned             401,624       484,987        (17.2)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   111,111       130,833        (15.1)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)      335,808       297,924          12.7%
  Load Factor                      33.09%        43.91%     (10.8) pts
  RASM (cents)                      29.18         31.33         (6.9)%




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

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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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