CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of December 2014.



                DECEMBER 2014 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS


                                                           Dec-14   Dec-13     Change
                                                           ------   ------     ------

     Passengers
     Enplaned                                               11,188    34,626    (67.7) %

     Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)                                                  3,121     9,644    (67.6) %

     Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)                                                  6,893    19,729    (65.1) %

     Load
     Factor                                                  45.3%    48.9%  (3.6) pts

     RASM
     (cents)                                                 65.79     39.28      67.5 %


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

     Passengers
     Enplaned                                              190,248   466,490    (59.2) %

     Revenue
     Passenger
     Miles
     (000)                                                 54,293   133,933    (59.5) %

     Available
     Seat
     Miles
     (000)                                                118,996   334,426    (64.4) %

     Load
     Factor                                                  45.6%    40.1%   5.5 pts

     RASM
     (cents)                                                 47.55     34.35      38.4 %

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 29 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

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SOURCE Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.