For Immediate Release

Tuesday, January 7, 1997

Contact: Dick Fontaine
Senior Vice-President Marketing
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
612-767-7041

Great Lakes Airlines to reinstate flights at Chicago's Meigs Field

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. ( Nasdaq: GLUX) announced today it will reinstate all flights between Chicago's Meigs Field and Springfield's Capital Airport following the announcement yesterday the airport will reopen for five more years. Great Lakes Airlines will begin service the day Meigs Field reopens. Schedules for the transfer of flights from Midway to Meigs field are currently being prepared and will be available in computer reservation systems early next week.

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is headquartered in Bloomington, MN and operates a combined fleet of 56 aircraft and employs over 1,300 aviation professionals. The company operates under three marketing identities - United Express in the upper midwest, Midway Connection in the southeastern U.S., and as Great Lakes Airlines in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico as well as several routes in the midwest, and provides scheduled service at 81 airports in 20 states, the District of Columbia and Sonora, Mexico.

Reservations are available from any travel agent or by calling Great Lakes reservations toll-free at 1-800-274-0662

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