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American Eagle Airlines Reports April Traffic

Posted on: Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 18:00 CDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for April increased 17.1 percent from April 2005, on a capacity increase of 9.9 percent. System load factor was 74.4 percent, up 4.6 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.8 million passengers in April, up 9.3 percent from April 2005.

About American Eagle

American Eagle is the largest U.S. regional airline, operating more than 1,700 daily flights to more than 140 cities throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico and the Caribbean on behalf of American Airlines. American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and AmericanConnection(R) serve 250 cities in more than 40 countries with more than 3,900 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(SM) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve more than 600 destinations in more than 135 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation . AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY APRIL 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 758,081 647,562 17.1 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 705,479 599,648 17.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 52,602 47,914 9.8 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,018,788 927,115 9.9 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 938,422 846,622 10.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 80,366 80,493 (0.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 74.4 69.8 4.6 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 75.2 70.8 4.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 65.5 59.5 6.0 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,826,917 1,672,044 9.3 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,573,376 1,439,873 9.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 253,541 232,171 9.2 YEAR-TO-DATE 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 2,814,864 2,344,393 20.1 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 2,624,139 2,153,403 21.9 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 190,725 190,989 (0.1) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 3,954,496 3,526,528 12.1 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,645,644 3,207,484 13.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 308,852 319,044 (3.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.2 66.5 4.7 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.0 67.1 4.9 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61.8 59.9 1.9 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 6,728,288 6,195,659 8.6 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,820,321 5,266,930 10.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 907,967 928,729 (2.2)

Current AMR Corp. news releases can be accessed via the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/

American Eagle Airlines

CONTACT: Dave Jackson, Corporate Communications of American EagleAirlines, +1-817-967-1577, or corp.comm@aa.com

Web site: http://www.aa.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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