CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of January 2008. Scheduled service generated 11,906,000 revenue passenger miles (RPM's), an 11.5 percent increase from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASM's) increased 28.3 percent to 27,581,000. As a result, load factor decreased 0.3 points to 43.2 percent. Passengers carried increased 10.7 percent to 44,552 when compared to January 2007. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) increased 6.9% from 27.14 cents to 29.02 cents. JANUARY 2008 STATISTICS January 2008 January 2007 Change Passengers Enplaned 44,552 40,262 10.7% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,906 10,679 11.5% Available Seat Miles (000) 27,581 24,563 28.3% Load Factor 43.2% 43.5% (0.3) points RASM (cents) 29.02 27.14 6.9% Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 44 airports in twelve states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners. A total of 232 weekday flights are mostly scheduled at five hubs, with 148 flights at Denver, 8 flights at Albuquerque, 12 flights at Phoenix, 20 flights at St. Louis and 12 flights at Kansas City, MO. All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at the Denver International Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport hubs. Additional information is available on the company web site that may be accessed at http://www.flygreatlakes.com/ Contact: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO (307) 432-7000 DATASOURCE: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. CONTACT: Michael Matthews, VP Finance|CFO of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., +1-307-432-7000 Web site: http://www.greatlakesav.com/

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