CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC-BB: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of October 2013.



                   OCTOBER 2013 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS


                               Oct-13            Oct-12            Change
                               ------            ------            ------

    Passengers
     Enplaned                            39,161            46,730          (16.2) %

    Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles (000)                         11,177            14,654          (23.7) %

    Available Seat
     Miles (000)                         26,959            33,817          (20.3) %

    Load Factor                            41.5%             43.3% (1.8) pts

    RASM (cents)                          35.21             34.90             0.9 %


                               YTD 2013          YTD 2012          Change
                               --------          --------          ------

    Passengers
     Enplaned                           400,110           460,265          (13.1) %

    Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles (000)                        115,450           145,943          (20.9) %

    Available Seat
     Miles (000)                        293,528           334,315          (12.2) %

    Load Factor                            39.3%             43.7% (4.4) pts

    RASM (cents)                          33.84             34.30           (1.3) %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 45 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 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.