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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports August 2012 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTCQB: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of August 2012.

AUGUST 2012 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

	Aug-12	Aug-11	Change
Passengers Enplaned	50,686	49,124	3.2%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	15,699	15,158	3.6%
Available Seat Miles (000)	35,690	32,364	10.3%
Load Factor	44.0%	46.8%	(2.8) pts
RASM (cents)	35.73	34.06	4.9%


	YTD 2012	YTD 2011	Change
Passengers Enplaned	367,349	346,269	6.1%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	117,066	106,991	9.4%
Available Seat Miles (000)	267,518	248,779	7.5%
Load Factor	43.8%	43.0%	0.8 pts
RASM (cents)	34.17	32.72	4.4%

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 48 airports in fourteen states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Beechcraft 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.htm.

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, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Phoenix hubs. Great Lakes Airlines also operates a hub in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.

Contact: Michael Matthews , VP Finance/CFO

(307) 432-7000

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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