Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports July 2012 Traffic

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Aug 06, 2012, 04:06 ET

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTCQB: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of July 2012.

JULY 2012 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

	Jul-12	Jul-11	Change
Passengers Enplaned	50,956	48,590	4.9%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	15,891	14,876	6.8%
Available Seat Miles (000)	35,213	31,184	12.9%
Load Factor	45.1%	47.7%	(2.6) pts
RASM (cents)	36.10	35.13	2.8%

	YTD 2012	YTD 2011	Change
Passengers Enplaned	316,663	297,145	6.6%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	101,367	91,833	10.4%
Available Seat Miles (000)	231,828	216,414	7.1%
Load Factor	43.7%	42.4%	1.3 pts
RASM (cents)	33.93	32.52	4.3%

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.