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American Eagle Airlines Reports July Traffic

Posted on: Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 15:00 CDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for July increased 11.6 percent from July 2005, on a capacity increase of 6.2 percent. System load factor was 78.7 percent, up 3.8 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 2 million passengers in July, up 8.4 percent from July 2005.

About American Eagle

American Eagle is the largest U.S. regional airline, operating over 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 the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in over 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(R) 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 over 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 JULY 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 835,616 748,489 11.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 775,059 690,875 12.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 60,558 57,614 5.1 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,061,175 999,281 6.2% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 974,452 916,015 6.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 86,723 83,266 4.2 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 78.7 74.9 3.8 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 79.5 75.4 4.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 69.8 69.2 0.6 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 2,009,699 1,853,705 8.4% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,723,282 1,582,499 8.9 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 286,417 271,206 5.6 YEAR-TO-DATE 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 5,286,252 4,527,407 16.8% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 4,931,002 4,180,684 17.9 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 355,249 346,723 2.5 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 7,090,971 6,482,337 9.4% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 6,536,522 5,920,499 10.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 554,449 561,838 (1.3) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 74.5 69.8 4.7 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 75.4 70.6 4.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 64.1 61.7 2.4 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 12,675,755 11,672,285 8.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 10,977,768 10,002,132 9.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,697,987 1,670,153 1.7

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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