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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports January 2007 Traffic

Posted on: Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 21:00 CST

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of January 2007.

Scheduled service generated 10,679,000 revenue passenger miles (RPM's), a 10.5 percent increase from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASM's) decreased 0.3 percent to 24,563,000. As a result, load factor increased 4.3 points to 43.5 percent. Passengers carried increased 9.7 percent to 40,262 when compared to January 2006. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) increased 4.2 % from 26.04 cents to 27.14 cents.

JANUARY 2007 STATISTICS January 2007 January 2006 Change Passengers Enplaned 40,262 36,706 9.7% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 10,679 9,666 10.5% Available Seat Miles (000) 24,563 24,635 (0.3)% Load Factor 43.5% 39.2% 4.3 points RASM (cents) 27.14 26.04 4.2%

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 39 airports in nine states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners. A total of 210 weekday flights are scheduled at three hubs, with 150 flights at Denver, 8 flights at Albuquerque, and 20 flights at Phoenix. All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at the Denver International Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport hubs.

Additional information is available on the company web site that may be accessed at http://www.flygreatlakes.com/

Contact: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO

(307) 432-7000

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

CONTACT: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.,+1-307-432-7000

Web site: http://www.flygreatlakes.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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