Great Lakes To Add Fourth United Express Flight between Kearney, Nebraska and Denver Beginning April 2, 2000

GREAT LAKES AVIATION TO ADD FOURTH UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT BETWEEN KEARNEY, NEBRASKA AND DENVER BEGINNING APRIL 2, 2000 WITH ALL FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE NONSTOP.

Spencer, Iowa -- March 6, 2000 -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLUX) today announced that beginning April 2, 2000, a fourth weekday United Express flight will be added between Kearney, Nebraska and Denver International Airport. Service will also be increased on weekends to a total of three round trips on Saturdays and four round trips on Sundays. All flights between Kearney and Denver will operate nonstop beginning April 2, 2000.

The new United Express flight will depart Kearney at 2:25pm weekdays and Sundays and the additional return flight to Kearney will depart Denver at 5:50pm and arrive Kearney at 8:05pm on weekdays and Sundays. In addition, some of the existing flights in each direction have been retimed to offer more convenient travel times for passengers. All flights are timed to make convenient connections with more than 450 nonstop flights scheduled by United Airlines and United Express from Denver to more than 120 Destinations.

Kearney - Denver Schedule (effective April 2, 2000)
Kearney to Denver:
Flight 6310	Departs 7:00am	Arrives 7:23am	Operates Weekdays
Flight 6310	Departs 8:15am	Arrives 8:38am	Operates Weekends
Flight 6312	Departs 10:00am	Arrives 10:23am	Operates Daily
Flight 6316	Departs 12:50pm	Arrives 1:13pm	Operates Saturdays
Flight 6316	Departs 2:25pm	Arrives 2:48pm	Operates Sunday - Friday
Flight 6318	Departs 4:40pm	Arrives 5:03pm	Operates Sunday - Friday

Denver to Kearney (effective April 2, 2000)
Denver to Kearney:
Flight 6317	Departs 10:15am	Arrives 12:30pm	Operates Daily
Flight 6315	Departs 1:00pm	Arrives 3:15pm	Operates Daily
Flight 6319	Departs 3:20pm	Arrives 5:35pm	Operates Saturdays
Flight 6311	Departs 5:50pm	Arrives 8:05pm	Operates Sunday - Friday
Flight 6319	Departs 8:30pm	Arrives 10:45pm	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.