Great Lakes Airlines is Providing Scheduled Passenger Service Between Las Vegas and Moab Utah

March 29, 2011 - PRLog -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX.OB – news) today announced additional service from Moab’s Canyonlands Field Airport to Page Municipal Airport with further connections to Las Vegas McCarran International.

“This connection to Page and Las Vegas is a great addition to our existing service. It will provide options for visitors and residents alike to access not only the Moab area but Las Vegas, Denver, and northern Arizona.” said Mayor Dave Sakrison.

"For many years the businesses in the Moab area have been hoping to develop an established flight to Las Vegas.  This change in Great Lakes’ flight schedule will have a significant impact.  The community is eager to develop a greater tourism base and this is the change we need to make that happen. We are happy to see the changes and are anxious to begin working with the airline to establish higher enplanement numbers at Canyonlands Field." said Marian DeLay, Executive Director of the Moab Area Travel Council.

“This additional service is just what our tourism businesses have been pushing for in order to make Moab accessible to the many inexpensive flight options in and out of Las Vegas. These flights will give us a real competitive edge as a tourist destination.” said Bob Greenberg, Grand County Airport Board member and former County Councilman.

“The new flight schedule and connections are just what the airport needs to boost enplanements.  I am also excited for the local businesses to be able to tap into a new market and broaden the tourist base.  It is my hope and desire to grow this route so that it becomes economically sustainable.  At a time when every enplanement is critical, this could not have come at a better time.” said Kelly Braun, Canyonlands Field Airport Manager.

Following is the Moab flight schedule effective May 15, 2011:

Moab to Page:
Flight 5037    Departs     1:18p   Arrives       1:08p    Operates Daily
Flight 5035    Departs     8:58p   Arrives       8:48p    Operates Sunday-Friday

Page to Moab:
Flight 5036   Departs     6:00a   Arrives       7:49a    Operates Sunday-Friday
Flight 5187    Departs     10:45a   Arrives       12:34p   Operates Daily

Moab to Las Vegas:
Flight 5037    Departs     1:18p   Arrives       2:23p    Operates Daily

Las Vegas to Moab:
Flight 5187   Departs     9:30a   Arrives       12:34p    Operates Daily

Moab to Denver:
Flight 5036    Departs     8:00a   Arrives       9:17a    Operates Sunday-Friday
Flight 5187    Departs     12:50p   Arrives       2:07p    Operates Daily

Denver to Moab:
Flight 5037   Departs     11:45a   Arrives       1:08p    Operates Daily
Flight 5035    Departs     7:25p   Arrives       8:48p    Operates Sunday-Friday

To purchase tickets on Great Lakes Airlines, visit www.flygreatlakes.com, call the Great Lakes’ reservation center at 800-554-5111or visit your travel agent.

Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 56 airports in fourteen states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.  A current route map may be viewed at http://www.flygreatlakes.com/route_map/route_map.htm.

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, Phoenix, and Billings hubs. Code-share agreement with only United at their Ontario hub; and only Frontier at their Albuquerque, Las Vegas and Milwaukee hubs.

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Moab Area Travel Council is pleased to share this news by Great Lakes Airlines. The Moab Meetings and Event department sees possibilities for pre and post Las Vegas conference trips to Moab for slickrock biking, rafting the world famous Colorado River, climbing canyon walls, repelling into slot canyons (especially on the heels of the movie 127 Hours); Or for a direct flight for an executive retreat, board meeting, training session, incentive rewards to include 18 holes of golf, spa treatments, and meeting space for 60 -250 attendees with break out rooms.
The Moab Regional Hospital opened this January 2011. It has an education wing with meeting rooms. Two rooms provide 375 sq ft, a third has 528 sq ft and combined there is 1278 sq ft of meeting space for medical or pharmaceutical meetings.