CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (BULLETIN BOARD: GLUX) today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of December 2009 and year ending December 31, 2009.
DECEMBER 2009 AND YEAR ENDING STATISTICS Dec-09 Dec-08 Change Passengers Enplaned 40,884 43,576 (6.2)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,790 12,315 (4.3)% Available Seat Miles (000) 31,682 31,416 0.8% Load Factor 37.2% 39.2% (2.0) pts RASM (cents) 31.79 31.26 1.7% YTD 2009 YTD 2008 Change Passengers Enplaned 481,688 569,844 (15.5)% Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 134,077 154,655 (13.3)% Available Seat Miles (000) 401,068 360,636 11.2% Load Factor 33.4% 42.9% (9.5) pts RASM (cents) 29.45 31.24 (5.7)%
Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 61 airports in sixteen 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 a Milwaukee hub.
Contact: Michael Matthews, VP Finance/CFO
(307) 432-7000
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/
