FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dick Fontaine
Senior VP- Marketing
(712)264-3190
(712)262-1000

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 7:24amOperates Weekdays
Flight 6550Departs 7:05amArrives 8:28amOperates Daily
Flight 6538Departs 8:05amArrives 9:28amOperates Daily
Flight 6542Departs 9:30amArrives 10:53amOperates Daily
Flight 6544Departs 10:23amArrives 11:46amOperates Saturdays
Flight 6558Departs 11:00amArrives 12:23pmOperates Daily
Flight 6554Departs 12:20pmArrives 1:43pmOperates Daily
Flight 6548Departs 1:20pmArrives 2:43pmOperates Daily
Flight 6552Departs 2:20pmArrives 3:43pmOperates Daily
Flight 6556Departs 4:07pmArrives 5:30pmOperates Daily
Flight 6544Departs 5:15pmArrives 6:38pmOperates Sunday - Friday
Flight 6546Departs 6:40pmArrives 8:03pmOperates Sunday - Friday

Denver to Santa Fe Schedule (effective April 2, 2000)

Denver to Santa Fe:
Flight 6541Departs 7:52amArrives 9:15amOperates Weekdays
Flight 6559Departs 8:40amArrives 10:03amOperates Saturdays
Flight 6551Departs 9:15aArrives 10:38amOperates Daily
Flight 6557Departs 10:35amArrives 11:58amOperates Daily
Flight 6549Departs 11:37amArrives 1:00pmOperates Daily
Flight 6553Departs 12:35pmArrives 1:58pmOperates Daily
Flight 6555Departs 2:25pmArrives 3:48pmOperates Daily
Flight 6543Departs 3:30pmArrives 4:53pmOperates Daily
Flight 6545Departs 4:55pmArrives 6:18pmOperates Daily
Flight 6537Departs 5:45pmArrives 7:08pmOperates Daily
Flight 6559Departs 7:00pmArrives 8:23pmOperates Sunday - Friday
Flight 6547Departs 8:20pmArrives 9:43pmOperates 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.


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