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


            APRIL 2011 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS
                              Apr-11    Apr-10   Change
    Passengers Enplaned        39,541    37,985     4.1 %
    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                     12,377    11,159    10.9 %
    Available Seat Miles
     (000)                     30,410    32,068   (5.2) %
    Load Factor                  40.7%     34.8% 5.9 pts
    RASM (cents)                31.67     30.02     5.5 %

                             YTD 2011  YTD 2010  Change
    Passengers Enplaned       155,929   143,712     8.5 %
    Revenue Passenger Miles
     (000)                     48,407    41,824    15.7 %
    Available Seat Miles
     (000)                    123,218   123,565   (0.3) %
    Load Factor                  39.3%     33.9% 5.4 pts
    RASM (cents)                31.35     30.02     4.4 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 49 airports in twelve 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, Billings, Denver, Phoenix, and Ontario, CA hubs.

SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.