Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports August 2009 Traffic
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of August 2009.
AUGUST 2009 AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS
Aug-09 Aug-08 Change
Passengers Enplaned 43,385 51,336 (15.5)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,864 13,699 (13.4)%
Available Seat Miles (000) 35,111 32,203 9.0%%
Load Factor 33.79 42.54% (8.8) pts
RASM (cents) 29.84 31.35 (4.8)%
YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change
Passengers Enplaned 318,984 388,173 (17.8)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 87,827 104,215 (15.7)%
Available Seat Miles (000) 269,451 232,464 15.9%
Load Factor 32.59% 44.83% (12.2) pts
RASM (cents) 28.95 31.28 (7.4)%
Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 65 airports in seventeen 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.pdf.
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, Kansas City, MO and Ontario, CA hubs. The company also operates hubs in Milwaukee and St. Louis.
Contact: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO
(307) 432-7000
