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Great Lakes Airlines Receives FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Awards

CHEYENNE, Wyo., February 23, 2004 � Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB � news) today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration recently presented AMT awards to Maintenance Department personnel at Corporate Headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

�Great Lakes is proud to announce this honor,� Charles R. Howell IV, CEO of Great Lakes, commented. �We recognize the accomplishments of these professionals and are pleased with the 100% participation.�

Brian Richardson, Safety Program Manager from the Denver Flight Standards District Office of the FAA, presented the individual awards. These awards are presented every year to recognize the accomplishment of those individuals who make the extra effort to obtain training related to their field. The training may be company provided training, training provided by other aviation related entities, or college credits. The awards are divided into five levels determined by the amount and type of training. The levels are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Ruby, and Diamond. Each award from Bronze to Diamond requires a greater amount of training with the Diamond Award requiring 100 hours of training. The awards presented on Feb. 11 were for training received in the 2002 calendar year.  

In addition to the individual awards, the company received a Diamond Award for having 100% of the Maintenance Technicians participate in program.  Great Lakes current employees were awarded 1 Diamond, 11 Ruby, 52 Gold, and 42 Silver Awards.  Walt Maellot was the only individual recipient of the prestigious Diamond Award.

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 41 airports in eleven states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia and Raytheon/Beech 1900D Regional Airliners. A total of 194 weekday flights are scheduled at three hubs, with 184 flights at Denver, 4 flights at Minneapolis/St. Paul, and 6 flights at Phoenix. All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at their Denver hub.

Additional information is available on the company web site that may be accessed at www.greatlakesav.com

Last name, First name		Base		Award
Mellot, Walter		CYS		DIAMOND
Green, Jason		CYS		RUBY
Roller, Nathan		CYS		RUBY
Suschnigg, Tony		CYS		RUBY
Zimmerman, David		CYS		RUBY
Carpenter, Samuel		CYS		RUBY
Jacobs, Michael		CYS		RUBY
Rowland, Jeff		CYS		RUBY
Stowell, Kelly		GRI		RUBY
Voss, Steve		GRI		RUBY
Mitchell, Ryan		HON		RUBY
Holte, Norman		CYS		RUBY
Bryant, John		CYS		GOLD
Dillon, Robby		CYS		GOLD
Fryman, Jared		CYS		GOLD
Holgerson, Kevin		CYS		GOLD
Kortenhoven, John		CYS		GOLD
Mott, Daniel		CYS		GOLD
Nisley, Robert		CYS		GOLD
Reardon, Don		CYS		GOLD
Reinhardt, Travis		CYS		GOLD
Richmond, Dustin		CYS		GOLD
Robinson, Leo		CYS		GOLD
Runyan, Philip		CYS		GOLD
Stallter, Steven		CYS		GOLD
Tirevold, Todd		CYS		GOLD
Weber, Keith		CYS		GOLD
Winter, Dallas		CYS		GOLD
Anderson, Alan		CYS		GOLD
Bartel, Gary		CYS		GOLD
Schnell, Mark		CYS		GOLD
Douglas, Bobby		DEN		GOLD
Frenzel, Lanie		DEN		GOLD
Grant, Dan		DEN		GOLD
Linsenman, Scott		DEN		GOLD
Martinez, Anthony		DEN		GOLD
Robertson, Thomas		DEN		GOLD
Smith, Michael		DEN		GOLD
Tautz, Gregory		DEN		GOLD
Tibben, Dan		DEN		GOLD
Allgood, David		GRI		GOLD
Andera, Shane		GRI		GOLD
Beckwith, John		GRI		GOLD
Morfeld, Shon		GRI		GOLD
Pearson, Pat		GRI		GOLD
Schaible, Kurt		GRI		GOLD
Sorge, Robert		GRI		GOLD
Tweten, Keith		GRI		GOLD
Isackson, Charles		HON		GOLD
Mooney, John		HON		GOLD
Fehringer, Michael		CYS		GOLD
Last name, First name		Base		Award
Fohl,James		CYS		GOLD
Lewis, Scott		CYS		GOLD
Barnes, Roy		CYS		GOLD
Barrick, Marolyn		CYS		GOLD
Fox, Kelly		CYS		GOLD
Paden, Visitacion		CYS		GOLD
Vanderbloom, Paul D.		CYS		GOLD
Grabau, Scott		DEN		GOLD
Philips, Beth		DEN		GOLD
Sosa, Edgar		DEN		GOLD
Johnson, Sandy		GRI		GOLD
Steuven, Laura		GRI		GOLD
Dorris, Nickie		HON		GOLD
Butts, Jayte M.		CYS		SILVER
Cortese, Justin A.		CYS		SILVER
Dickinson, Alan		CYS		SILVER
Hoff, Scott		CYS		SILVER
Lesser, David		CYS		SILVER
Lloyd, Bryan		CYS		SILVER
McEachron, Patrick		CYS		SILVER
McNeil, Mike A.		CYS		SILVER
Smith, Charles		CYS		SILVER
Weaver, Rodney		CYS		SILVER
Franklin, Kurt		CYS		SILVER
Grebe, Bernard L.		CYS		SILVER
Tygret, Richard		CYS		SILVER
Hauser, Tom		DEN		SILVER
Kaufman, Chris		DEN		SILVER
Laws, Timothy		DEN		SILVER
Reeves, Tim		DEN		SILVER
Harris, Kelly		GRI		SILVER
Hopkins, John		GRI		SILVER
Petersen, Thomas		GRI		SILVER
Spittler, Ron		GRI		SILVER
Vogel, Mark		GRI		SILVER
Lindeman, Aaron		HON		SILVER
Campbell, Jay		MSP		SILVER
Crockett, John		CYS		SILVER
Orth, Mark		CYS		SILVER
Lowther, Doug		CYS		SILVER
Moore, Jeff		CYS		SILVER
Redlin, Jeff		CYS		SILVER
Reinhardt, Julie		CYS		SILVER
Folds, Kendall		CYS		SILVER
Van Dell, Richard		CYS		SILVER
Dupuis, Shelly		CYS		SILVER
Krsak, Robert		CYS		SILVER
Smock, Sheryl L.		CYS		SILVER
Dowdell, Katherine F		DEN		SILVER
Nelson, Teresa		CYS		SILVER
Fohl, Christina		CYS		SILVER
Last name, First name	Base		Award
Loyd, Kimberly		CYS		SILVER
Rowland, Donna		CYS		SILVER
Williams, Heidi		CYS		SILVER

CYS = Cheyenne, Wyoming

DEN = Denver, Colorado

GRI = Grand Island, Nebraska

HON = Huron, South Dakota

MSP = Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota