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American Eagle Airlines Reports September Traffic

Posted on: Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 18:00 CDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for September increased 3.1 percent from September 2005, on a capacity increase of 2.4 percent. System load factor was 69.7 percent, up 0.5 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.7 million passengers in September, up 2 percent from September 2005.

About American Eagle

American Eagle is the largest U.S. regional airline, operating more than 1,800 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 more than 40 countries with more than 4,000 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 SEPTEMBER 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 697,061 676,404 3.1 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 661,551 643,720 2.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 35,510 32,684 8.6 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,000,508 977,434 2.4 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 934,041 917,433 1.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 66,467 60,001 10.8 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 69.7 69.2 0.5 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.8 70.2 0.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 53.4 54.5 (1.1) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,651,442 1,623,025 1.8 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,486,228 1,475,780 0.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 165,214 147,245 12.2 YEAR-TO-DATE 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 6,775,979 5,928,806 14.3 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 6,331,862 5,500,229 15.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 444,118 428,578 3.6 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 9,157,587 8,487,032 7.9 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 8,452,972 7,788,102 8.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 704,615 698,931 0.8 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 74.0 69.9 4.1 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.9 70.6 4.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 63.0 61.3 1.7 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 16,227,369 15,054,820 7.8 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 14,119,261 13,015,191 8.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,108,108 2,039,629 3.4 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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