CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC:GLUX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of January 2006. Scheduled service generated 9,666,000 revenue passenger miles (RPM's), a 5.4 percent increase from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASM's) increased 14.3 percent to 24,635,000. As a result, load factor decreased 3.4 points to 39.2 percent. Passengers carried increased 7.8 percent to 36,706 when compared to January 2005. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) increased 10.4 % from 23.58 cents to 26.04 cents. JANUARY 2006 STATISTICS January 2006 January 2005 Change Passengers Enplaned 36,706 34,058 7.8% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 9,666 9,170 5.4% Available Seat Miles (000) 24,635 21,547 14.3% Load Factor 39.2% 42.6% (3.4) points RASM (cents) 26.04 23.58 10.4% Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 40 airports in ten states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners. A total of 198 weekday flights are scheduled at three hubs, with 144 flights at Denver, 8 flights at Albuquerque, and 20 flights at Phoenix. 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 International Airport hubs. Additional information is available on the company web site that may be accessed at http://www.greatlakesav.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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