CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of October 2009. OCTOBER 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS Oct-09 Oct-08 Change Passengers Enplaned 41,808 49,290 (15.2)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,918 13,742 (13.3)% Available Seat Miles (000) 32,759 32,970 (0.6)% Load Factor 36.38 41.68% (5.3) pts RASM (cents) 31.02 32.29 (3.9)% YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change Passengers Enplaned 401,624 484,987 (17.2)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 111,111 130,833 (15.1)% Available Seat Miles (000) 335,808 297,924 12.7% Load Factor 33.09% 43.91% (10.8) pts RASM (cents) 29.18 31.33 (6.9)% Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 63 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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