For Immediate Release
Thursday, September 5, 1996
Contact: Dick Fontaine
Senior Vice-President Marketing
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

(612) 767-7041

UNITED EXPRESS ADDS SERVICE TO CHICAGO O'HARE FROM DECATUR

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GLUX) announced today an additional fourth roundtrip flight between Decatur Municipal Airport and Chicago O'Hare beginning October 1, 1996. Every business day United Express will offer 4 nonstop roundtrip flights. Additional service will be scheduled on weekends.

United Express flights serving Chicago O'Hare are conveniently timed for United Airlines' business customers and leisure travelers making connections at United's Chicago hub where every business day United and United Express carriers provide over 540 daily departures to over 150 cities worldwide.

Decatur- Chicago Schedule

Effective October 1 , 1996

DecaturtoChicagoChicagotoDecatur
DepartsArrivesFrequency DepartsArrivesFrequency
5:50 am6:43 amEx Sat /Sun 8:30 am9:22 am Ex Sun
10:25 am11:18 amDaily 12:30 pm1:22 pm Daily
1:35 pm2:28 pmEx Sat 5:30 pm6:22 pm Ex Sat
6:35 pm7:28 pmEx Sat 9:15 pm10:07 pm Ex Sat

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is headquartered in Bloomington, MN and operates a combined fleet of 56 aircraft comprised of 44 Beech 1900's and 12 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias 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 87 airports in 20 states, the District of Columbia and Sonora, Mexico.

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