Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports September 2009 Traffic

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

                    SEPTEMBER 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                 Sep-09          Sep-08          Change
  Passengers Enplaned            40,832          47,524          (14.1)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  11,366          12,877          (11.7)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)     33,598          32,491            3.4%
  Load Factor                    33.83           39.63%          (5.8) pts
  RASM (cents)                   29.30           30.37           (3.5)%


                                 YTD 2009        YTD 2008        Change
  Passengers Enplaned            359,816         435,697         (17.4)%
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  99,192          117,092         (15.3)%
  Available Seat Miles (000)     303,049         264,955         14.4%
  Load Factor                    32.73%          44.19%          (11.5) pts
  RASM (cents)                   28.98           31.17           (7.0)%



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

[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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