Cleveland, Ohio                                                                                                                                                April 9, 2010

Great Lakes National Holdings today announced they have changed their name to Great Lakes International.  The company operates two existing airlines, Great Lakes Express and Premier West.  Despite the downturn in the airline industry over the past few months, the primary owner of the airline, Paul Herman verified that he has reacquired the rights to operate an airline in Canada.  Due to the laws that govern airlines in both the United States and Canada the Canadian aircraft will be leased to Great Lakes International by a company in Ottawa.  The airline will operate through the Premier West operations center in Phoenix under the name Premier North.  At this time Premier North will be prohibited from flying into the United States thus flying only in Canada.  There will be two Boeing aircraft stationed in Canada, one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast.  Paul Herman describes this as a “temporary test, if it works out all is well; if it does not the entire operation will be pulled very quickly”.  He continues to say “this is an opportunity for our neighbors to the north to see how the Great Lakes group of airlines operates”.  Paul did not state exactly when this new service will begin, but expects all of the regulatory measures to be met within the next week to ten days.

Paul Herman also stated the company’s current position with Bombardier and Embraer.  The airline had announced that all of the Bombardier aircraft would be eliminated in favor of all Embraer aircraft (jet aircraft only).  Paul stated “our ability to get financing at this point has halted that plan, plus in the final hour Bombardier has come through for us in a huge way, and we will continue to fly CRJ aircraft.  We also have plans to continue expanding our Bombardier Q200 routes, and who knows, by the end of the year we may even see a few on the West Coast”.  Although the airline has cancelled all Boeing orders, Paul Herman said he is still committed to the Seattle company and plans on future 737’s flying the blue skies of NORTH AMERICA!

Phoenix, Arizona                                                                                              March 11, 2010

At a small press conference today Premier West announced they have connected their two hubs in Las Vegas and Phoenix to Milwaukee Wisconsin.  Milwaukee is a hub for Premier West’s partner airline Great Lakes Express.  The flights however will not be non-stop; they will have stops in Colorado Springs, Kansas City and Omaha.  Paul Herman, one of the airlines principle owners stated that the new routes will be offered on the Boeing 737-700NG.  The brand new aircraft will feature seating for 138 in a one class configuration.  The new routes are available now through the Phoenix and Las Vegas Hubs.

Premier West and Great Lakes Express finally reached an agreement with the D.O.T.  to begin offering connecting flights from the West Coast to the East Coast.  This is big news for the airline who has seen profitability drop as the first quarter moves along.  Premier West and Great Lakes Express are owned and operated by Great Lakes National Holdings Corporation of Cleveland Ohio.  Great Lakes Express recently announced the opening of a air freight warehouse and a new customer service center in Grand Rapids Michigan.  Premier West is currently headquartered in Phoenix Arizona.  The new flights that will connect the two airlines will originate in Phoenix and continue on to Amarillo Texas, Wichita Kansas and finally in Omaha.  The new flights are expected to begin in early March and will continue on Premier West’s plan of offering the best passenger service at the lowest prices in the air.

Paul Herman (principle owner of Great Lakes National Holdings Corp) announced in a written statement that the company has won a arbitration suit with the D.O.T. for overpayment of taxes since August of 2009.  Paul stated that instead of a cash settlement the airline will reduce tax payments made by the airline for the next 36 months.  In a unrelated story Paul Herman announced the company has canceled an order with Boeing for three Boeing 737-800NG aircraft.  The order was put on hold indefinitely.

Great Lakes Express today announced new flights are now available from Bradley International Airport.  The new flights are flown on brand new Dash 8 Q200 aircraft and will serve Boston Logan, New Haven, Atlantic City, Newark, Philadelphia and many more.  The new flights are available from Great Lakes Express Hartford Bradley hub page.  The new flight numbers are 3252 through 3264 (N482GL) and 3265 through 3278 (N483GL).  Great Lakes Express also plans on adding two Beech 1900D, one ERJ-135 and 1 E170 aircraft in February.

Cleveland, Ohio

Great Lakes Express today announced the acquisition of two aircraft to their fleet. The first is a buyout of a lease on a Beech 1900D and the second is the lease of an Embraer E145 jet aircraft. The airline also announced they will be replacing a CRJ-200 with an Embraer E145 later this month. Great Lakes Express has committed four lease options through Advantage Aircraft Leasing in 2009 and 2010 for Embraer aircraft. The Cleveland based airline has also announced there will be three CRJ-700 aircraft replaced by the Embraer E170 in January of 2010. The increase in Embraer aircraft is due to contracts expiring with Bombardier and Advantage Aircraft Leasing.

Great Lakes Express has also announced they have begun new service to Fargo and Winnipeg on the new Embraer E145 that was just added to the fleet. The new aircraft will also include flights to Dayton, Chicago Midway, Green Bay, Thunder Bay and Minneapolis. These new destinations are in addition to the recent flights to Charlotte and Norfolk. Fares on the low cost regional airline start at $179.99 and are available now. The new flight numbers for Great Lakes Express are 1400 – 1411 and are available through the Milwaukee hub.

The delivery of the new Dash 8 Q200 aircraft has now been set for this week.  The detailes are located here:

http://www.gleairlines.com/forum/index.php?topic=301.0

It is important that we have full participation in this delivery so we can have the flights ready for this weekend.  Good Luck, I hope you enjoy the aircraft as much as I enjoyed painting them.

Paul R. Herman

Great Lakes Express is scheduling ferry flights for the Dash 8 Q200 aircraft from Toronto to Cleveland, Milwaukee, Albany and Hartford.  Pilots service is requested on these flights, more information will follow.