Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports October 2009 Traffic

• Press Release
• Source: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
• On 6:10 pm EST, Monday November 9, 2009

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX - News) 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
              (307) 432-7000

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