CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of May 2014.



                          MAY 2014 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS


                                     May-14           May-13       Change
                                     ------           ------       ------

    Passengers Enplaned                  16,133            42,390     (61.9) %

    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                                4,623            12,435     (62.8) %

    Available Seat Miles (000)            9,933            31,605     (68.6) %

    Load Factor                            46.5%             39.4%    7.1 pts

    RASM (cents)                          45.30             33.12       36.8 %


                                    YTD 2014         YTD 2013      Change
                                    --------         --------      ------

    Passengers Enplaned                  87,417           188,902     (53.7) %

    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                               25,105            55,665     (54.9) %

    Available Seat Miles (000)           60,411           150,968     (60.0) %

    Load Factor                            41.6%             36.9%    4.7 pts

     RASM (cents)                         34.76             32.18        8.0 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 30 airports in nine 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 Denver, 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.