CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of August 2009. AUGUST 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS Aug-09 Aug-08 Change Passengers Enplaned 43,385 51,336 (15.5)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,864 13,699 (13.4)% Available Seat Miles (000) 35,111 32,203 9.0%% Load Factor 33.79 42.54% (8.8) pts RASM (cents) 29.84 31.35 (4.8)% YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change Passengers Enplaned 318,984 388,173 (17.8)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 87,827 104,215 (15.7)% Available Seat Miles (000) 269,451 232,464 15.9% Load Factor 32.59% 44.83% (12.2) pts RASM (cents) 28.95 31.28 (7.4)% 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 DATASOURCE: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. CONTACT: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., +1-307-432-7000 Web Site: http://www.greatlakesav.com/

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