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American Eagle Airlines Reports November Traffic

Posted on: Monday, 4 December 2006, 18:00 CST

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for November increased 4.6 percent from November 2005, on a capacity increase of 3.6 percent. System load factor was 73.5 percent, up 0.8 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.74 million passengers in November, up 3.3 percent from November 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 NOVEMBER 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 730,391 697,980 4.6 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 687,391 656,095 4.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 43,000 41,885 2.7 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 994,206 960,005 3.6 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 927,754 891,098 4.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 66,451 68,907 (3.6) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 73.5 72.7 0.8 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.1 73.6 0.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 64.7 60.8 3.9 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,742,046 1,686,172 3.3 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,528,803 1,485,383 0.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 213,243 200,789 6.2 YEAR-TO-DATE 2006 2005 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 8,275,464 7,347,834 12.6 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,747,794 6,839,763 13.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 527,670 508,071 3.9 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 11,189,682 10,441,904 7.2 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 10,352,732 9,611,927 7.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 836,950 829,976 0.8 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 74.0 70.4 3.6 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.8 71.2 3.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 63.0 61.2 1.8 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 19,787,129 18,472,773 7.1 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 17,269,461 16,060,604 7.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,517,668 2,412,169 4.4

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

American Eagle Airlines, Inc.

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

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

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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