Edgar Filing: GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD

Date: September 15, 2009

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

/s/ Michael O. Matthews

Michael O. Matthews

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

September 9, 2009

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa

0-23224

42-1135319

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1022 Airport Parkway

Cheyenne, WY 82001

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(307) 432-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):

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ITEM 1.01

ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On September 9, 2009, the Company and Frontier Airlines, Inc. (“Frontier”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Code Share Agreement between the Company and Frontier dated May 3, 2001, as amended on February 8, 2002, which Amendment has an effective date of July 1, 2009. The Amendment modifies the allocation of distribution costs between the Company and Frontier.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.