Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (GLUX)

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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports April 2009 Traffic
May 7, 2009 6:33:00 PM


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View Additional ProfilesCHEYENNE, Wyo., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of April 2009.


APRIL 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

Apr-09 Apr-08 Change
Passengers Enplaned 36,882 45,512 (19.0)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 10,100 12,126 (16.7)%
Available Seat Miles (000) 33,641 27,829 20.9%
Load Factor 30.02% 43.57% (13.6) pts
RASM (cents) 27.69 30.48 (9.2)%


YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change
Passengers Enplaned 147,234 186,650 (21.1)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 40,614 50,203 (19.1)%
Available Seat Miles (000) 130,400 110,770 17.7%
Load Factor 31.15% 45.32% (14.2) pts
RASM (cents) 28.14 30.51 (7.8)%


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
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SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.



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Michael Matthews
VP Finance/CFO of Great Lakes Aviation
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