Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports June 2012 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of June 2012.

                JUNE 2012 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                     June-12                     June-11          Change
     Passengers
     Enplaned                  48,835                     48,181            1.4 %
     Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)                     15,338                     14,810            3.6 %
     Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)                     33,111                     31,214            6.1 %
    Load
     Factor                      46.3%                      47.5%      (1.2) pts
    RASM
     (cents)                    36.36                      34.78            4.5 %

                    YTD 2012                    YTD 2011          Change
     Passengers
     Enplaned                 265,707                    248,555            6.9 %
     Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)                     85,476                     76,958           11.1 %
     Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)                    196,614                    185,230            6.1 %
    Load
     Factor                      43.5%                      41.6%        1.9 pts
    RASM
     (cents)                    33.54                      32.08            4.6 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 48 airports in fourteen states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Beechcraft 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.htm.

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, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Phoenix hubs. Great Lakes Airlines also operates a hub in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.

    Contact:                   Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO
                               (307) 432-7000

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.