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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports March 2012 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of March 2012.

MARCH 2012 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS
	Mar-12	Mar-11	Change
Passengers Enplaned	43,247	42,832	1.0 %
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	14,127	13,239	6.7 %
Available Seat Miles (000)	33,650	32,229	4.4 %
Load Factor	42.0%	41.1%	0.9 pts
RASM (cents)	33.32	32.67	2.0 %

	YTD 2012	YTD 2011	Change
Passengers Enplaned	124,560	116,388	7.0 %
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	40,540	36,030	12.5 %
Available Seat Miles (000)	95,492	92,808	2.9 %
Load Factor	42.5%	38.8%	3.7 pts
RASM (cents)	32.20	31.24	3.1 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 46 airports in thirteen 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 serves Devils Lake, ND, Jamestown, ND, Huron, SD, Pierre, SD, Watertown, SD and Ironwood, MI to our Minneapolis hub.