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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports November 2011 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB - news) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of November 2011.

                                 NOVEMBER 2011 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS
                Nov-11            Nov-10           Change
    Passengers
     Enplaned            42,665            42,476                    0.4%
    Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)               13,609            13,177                    3.3%
    Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)               29,913            33,609                 (11.0)%
    Load
     Factor                45.5%             39.2%               6.3 pts
    RASM
     (cents)              34.18             30.65                   11.5%

               YTD 2011          YTD 2010                  Change
    Passengers
     Enplaned           479,704           456,977                    5.0%
    Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)              148,839           136,109                    9.4%
    Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)              340,523           355,675                  (4.3)%
    Load
     Factor                43.7%             38.3%               5.4 pts
    RASM
     (cents)              32.97             31.37                    5.1%

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 42 airports in eleven 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.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, Los Angeles and Phoenix hubs.

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.