Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports March 2012 Traffic

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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Apr 05, 2012, 09:21 ET

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.

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.