CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX.OB) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of February 2009. FEBRUARY 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS Feb-09 Feb-08 Change Passengers Enplaned 35,042 45,517 (23.0)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 9,634 12,265 (21.5)% Available Seat Miles (000) 30,785 27,122 13.5% Load Factor 31.29% 45.21% (13.9) pts RASM (cents) 28.54 30.17 (5.4)% YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change Passengers Enplaned 72,457 90,069 (19.6)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 20,029 24,170 (17.1)% Available Seat Miles (000) 63,414 54,708 15.9% Load Factor 31.59% 44.18% (12.6) pts RASM (cents) 28.28 29.59 (4.4)% 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.flygreatlakes.com/

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