CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of July 2009. JULY 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS Jul-09 Jul-08 Change Passengers Enplaned 46,006 52,639 (12.6)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 12,643 14,007 (9.7)% Available Seat Miles (000) 35,580 32,272 10.3% Load Factor 35.53% 43.40% (7.9) pts RASM (cents) 30.51 31.94 (4.5)% YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change Passengers Enplaned 275,599 336,837 (18.2)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 75,963 90,516 (16.1)% Available Seat Miles (000) 234,340 200,260 17.0% Load Factor 32.42% 45.20% (12.8) pts RASM (cents) 28.82 31.27 (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 (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/ http://www.flygreatlakes.com/

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