Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports June 2009 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of June 2009.

    JUNE 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

                                       Jun-09      Jun-08      Change
    Passengers Enplaned                41,635      50,456      (17.5)%
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      11,516      13,552      (15.0)%
    Available Seat Miles (000)         33,878      29,336       15.5%
    Load Factor                         33.99%      46.20%     (12.2) pts
    RASM (cents)                        29.89       33.42      (10.6)%

                                     YTD 2009    YTD 2008      Change
    Passengers Enplaned               229,593     284,198      (19.2)%
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      63,320      76,508      (17.2)%
    Available Seat Miles (000)        198,760     167,988       18.3%
    Load Factor                         31.86%      45.54%     (13.7) pts
    RASM (cents)                        28.52       31.14       (8.4)%

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
               (307) 432-7000

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.