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American Eagle Airlines Reports December Traffic

Posted on: Monday, 5 January 2009, 15:35 CST

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a December load factor of 70.2 percent - up 0.9 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 12.4 percent year over year as capacity decreased 13.5 percent.

American Eagle boarded 1.4 million passengers in December.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY DECEMBER -------- 2008 2007 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 588,080 671,436 (12.4)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 542,594 623,942 (13.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 45,487 47,494 (4.2) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 837,307 967,729 (13.5)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 764,628 884,009 (13.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 72,679 83,721 (13.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 70.2 69.4 0.9 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.0 70.6 0.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 62.6 56.7 5.9 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,420,851 1,604,734 (11.5)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,203,031 1,386,462 (13.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 156,996 218,272 (28.1) YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2008 2007 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 7,925,248 8,905,781 (11.0) AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,382,898 8,341,900 (11.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 542,350 563,881 (3.8) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 11,291,844 12,133,188 (6.9)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 10,378,368 11,214,431 (7.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 913,476 918,757 (0.6) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 70.2 73.4 (3.2) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.1 74.4 (3.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.4 61.4 (2.0) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 19,102,608 21,220,199 (10.0)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 16,558,164 18,519,215 (10.6) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,483,620 2,700,984 (8.0)

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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines

Source: PR Newswire

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