Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports August 2014 Traffic

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB – news) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of August 2014.

AUGUST 2014 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS

	Aug-14	Aug-13	Change
Passengers Enplaned	17,032	43,267	(60.6)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	4,798	12,160	(60.5)%
Available Seat Miles (000)	9,157	28,616	(68.0)%
Load Factor	52.4%	42.5%	9.9 pts
RASM (cents)	59.45	36.25	64.0%

	YTD 2014	YTD 2013	Change
Passengers Enplaned	139,027	321,991	(56.8)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	39,841	93,300	(57.3)%
Available Seat Miles (000)	87,305	238,939	(63.5)%
Load Factor	45.6%	39.1%	6.5 pts
RASM (cents)	42.05	33.56	25.3%

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 30 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.