CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX.OB) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of October 2007. Scheduled service generated 15,009,000 revenue passenger miles (RPM's), a 23.2 percent increase from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASM's) increased 24.6 percent to 29,934,000. As a result, load factor decreased 0.6 points to 50.14 percent. Passengers carried increased 17.2 percent to 54,344 when compared to October 2006. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) decreased 4.0 percent from 31.17 cents to 29.91 cents. For the ten months ending October 31, 2007 compared to the same ten month period in 2006, revenue passenger miles (RPM's) increased 19.1 percent to 132,148,000 and available seat miles (ASM's) increased 10.1 percent to 265,670,000, resulting in a load factor of 49.74 percent for the year 2007 effecting an increase in load factor of 3.4 points compared to the same ten month period in 2006. The company carried 485,048 revenue passengers for the ten month period ending October 31, 2007, a 14.1 percent increase from the prior year. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) decreased from 29.91 cents to 29.78 cents on a year-over-year basis. OCTOBER 2007 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS Oct-07 Oct-06 Change Passengers Enplaned 54,344 46,382 17.2% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 15,009 12,178 23.2% Available Seat Miles (000) 29,934 24,024 24.6% Load Factor 50.14 50.69% (0.6) pts RASM (cents) 29.91 31.17 (4.0%) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Change Passengers Enplaned 485,048 425,185 14.1% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 132,148 110,985 19.1% Available Seat Miles (000) 265,670 239,403 10.1% Load Factor 49.74% 46.36% 3.4pts RASM (cents) 29.78 29.91 (0.4%) Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 43 airports in eleven states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners. A total of 228 weekday flights are mostly scheduled at five hubs, with 142 flights at Denver, 10 flights at Albuquerque, 12 flights at Phoenix, 20 flights at St. Louis and 12 flights at Kansas City, MO. 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 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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