CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of February 2014.

                      February 2014 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS


                                  Feb-14           Feb-13       Change
                                  ------           ------       ------

    Passengers Enplaned               18,211           33,234       (45.2) %

    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                             5,331            9,823       (45.7) %

    Available Seat Miles
     (000)                            13,472           27,772       (51.5) %

    Load Factor                         39.6%            35.4%  4.2 pts

    RASM (cents)                       31.34            31.31          0.1 %


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

    Passengers Enplaned               39,831           69,268       (42.5) %

    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                            11,401           20,578       (44.6) %

    Available Seat Miles
     (000)                            28,135           59,556       (52.8) %

    Load Factor                         40.5%            34.6%  5.9 pts

    RASM (cents)                       33.34            31.18          6.9 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 34 airports in ten 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.