Friday, May 3, 1996
Contact:
Dick Fontaine
Senior Vice-President Marketing
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
612-767-7000
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. announced today the addition of new service to be operated as United Express between Denver, Colorado and three communities in Nebraska.
Beginning May 5th, Great Lakes will offer two weekday roundtrips from Denver to Alliance, Chadron and McCook in western Nebraska replacing service currently being provided by GP EXPRESS Airlines. On weekends a single roundtrip will be scheduled to each city. All flights will be scheduled in 19 seat Beech 1900D aircraft offering a stand-up cabin, reclining seats and generous under-seat storage room for carry-on items.
During the month of May, an introductory fare of $69 will be offered between Denver and all three communities. Regular fares will be as low as $198 round-trip at Alliance and $218 round-trip at both Chadron and McCook. Flights have been timed to provide convenient connections to United Airlines flights at Denver. All three communities will have early morning and late afternoon weekday flights to Denver with mid-day and evening return flights from the Denver hub. A full range of through fares and United Airline's product features will be available including frequent flier miles in United's "Mileage Plus®" program and senior citizen discount coupons. New schedule for three Nebraska points follows:
| Depart | Arrive | Frequency | Depart | Arrive | Frequency | ||
| Alliance | to | Denver | Denver | to | Alliance | ||
| 7:00 a.m. | 7:55 a.m. | Ex Su | 2:40 p.m. | 3:35 p.m. | Ex Sa/Su | ||
| 4:45 p.m. | 5:40 p.m. | Ex Sa / Su | 7:30 p.m. | 8:25 p.m. | Ex Sa | ||
| Chadron | to | Denver | Denver | to | Chadron | ||
| 6:30 a.m. | 7:55 a.m. | Ex Su | 2:40 p.m. | 4:03 p.m. | Ex Sa / Su | ||
| 4:15 p.m. | 5:40 p.m. | Ex Sa / Su | 7:30 p.m. | 8:53 p.m. | Ex Sa | ||
| McCook | to | Denver | Denver | to | McCook | ||
| 7:50 a.m. | 7:55 a.m. | Ex Sa / Su | 12:25 p.m. | 2:28 p.m. | Ex Sa / Su | ||
| 2:05 p.m. | 2:11 p.m. | Su only | 6:20 p.m. | 8:23 p.m. | Ex Sa | ||
| 6:55 p.m. | 7:01 p.m. | Ex Sa / Su |
Effective May 5, 1996
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ/ NMS:GLUX) with over 1200 employees and a combined aircraft fleet of 55 aircraft comprised of 43 Beechcraft 1900s and 12 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia aircraft. Great Lakes Aviation currently serves 85 locations in the United States and Mexico under the United Express, Midway Connection and Great Lakes Airlines names. Corporate headquarters are located in Bloomington, Minnesota. In 1995, Great Lakes Aviation carried a total of 805,190 passengers with total sales of over $84 million Additional information my be obtained from any travel agent or by calling United Airlines at 1-800-241-6522.
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