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GREAT LAKES AVIATION TO ADD FIVE UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHTS BETWEEN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AND DENVER BEGINNING APRIL 2, 2000; ELEVEN FLIGHTS TO BE SCHEDULED ON WEEKDAYS.
 

Spencer, Iowa -- March 6, 2000 -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLUX) today announced that beginning April 2, 2000, five weekday United Express flights will be added between Santa Fe, new Mexico and Denver International Airport. This will bring weekday scheduled service to a total of eleven round trips.

The new United Express flights will depart Santa Fe at 8:05am, 12:20pm, 2:20pm, 4:07pm, and 6:40pm. New flights from Denver to Santa Fe will depart Denver at 10:35am, 12:35pm, 2:25pm, 4:55pm, and 5:45pm. With this greatly expanded United Express schedule, flights will depart in each direction every 60 to 90 minutes and offer convenient connections with every United Airlines connecting bank of flights arriving and departing Denver. United airlines and United Express offer more than 450 daily nonstop flights from Denver to more than 120 destinations.

Santa Fe - Denver Schedule (effective April 2, 2000) Santa Fe to Denver: Flight 6540 Departs 6:01am Arrives 7:24am Operates Weekdays Flight 6550 Departs 7:05am Arrives 8:28am Operates Daily Flight 6538 Departs 8:05am Arrives 9:28am Operates Daily Flight 6542 Departs 9:30am Arrives 10:53am Operates Daily Flight 6544 Departs 10:23am Arrives 11:46am Operates Saturdays Flight 6558 Departs 11:00am Arrives 12:23pm Operates Daily Flight 6554 Departs 12:20pm Arrives 1:43pm Operates Daily Flight 6548 Departs 1:20pm Arrives 2:43pm Operates Daily Flight 6552 Departs 2:20pm Arrives 3:43pm Operates Daily Flight 6556 Departs 4:07pm Arrives 5:30pm Operates Daily Flight 6544 Departs 5:15pm Arrives 6:38pm Operates Sunday - Friday Flight 6546 Departs 6:40pm Arrives 8:03pm Operates Sunday - Friday Denver to Santa Fe Schedule (effective April 2, 2000) Denver to Santa Fe: Flight 6541 Departs 7:52am Arrives 9:15am Operates Weekdays Flight 6559 Departs 8:40am Arrives 10:03am Operates Saturdays Flight 6551 Departs 9:15a Arrives 10:38am Operates Daily Flight 6557 Departs 10:35am Arrives 11:58am Operates Daily Flight 6549 Departs 11:37am Arrives 1:00pm Operates Daily Flight 6553 Departs 12:35pm Arrives 1:58pm Operates Daily Flight 6555 Departs 2:25pm Arrives 3:48pm Operates Daily Flight 6543 Departs 3:30pm Arrives 4:53pm Operates Daily Flight 6545 Departs 4:55pm Arrives 6:18pm Operates Daily Flight 6537 Departs 5:45pm Arrives 7:08pm Operates Daily Flight 6559 Departs 7:00pm Arrives 8:23pm Operates Sunday - Friday Flight 6547 Departs 8:20pm Arrives 9:43pm Operates Sunday - Friday

Beginning April 2, 2000, Great Lakes Aviation will be providing United Express flights at 61 airports in 14 states with a fleet of eight Embraer-120 Brasilias and 40 Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.