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American Eagle Airlines Reports January Traffic

Posted on: Friday, 2 February 2007, 15:00 CST

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for January decreased 1.2 percent from January 2006, on a capacity increase of 1.4 percent. System load factor was 64.4 percent, down 1.7 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.58 million passengers in January, down 0.9 percent from January 2006.

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 JANUARY 2007 2006 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 661,556 669,711 (1.2) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 616,676 622,784 (1.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 44,881 46,927 (4.4) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,026,904 1,012,786 1.4 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 948,129 931,247 1.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,775 81,539 (3.4) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 64.4 66.1 (1.7) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 65.0 66.9 (1.9) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.0 57.6 (0.6) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,579,179 1,593,425 (0.9) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,364,728 1,374,557 (0.7) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 214,451 218,868 (2.0) YEAR-TO-DATE 2007 2006 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 661,556 669,711 (1.2) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 616,676 622,784 (1.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 44,881 46,927 (4.4) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,026,904 1,012,786 1.4 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 948,129 931,247 1.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,775 81,539 (3.4) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 64.4 66.1 (1.7) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 65.0 66.9 (1.9) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.0 57.6 (0.6) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,579,179 1,593,425 (0.9) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,364,728 1,374,557 (0.7) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 214,451 218,868 (2.0) 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, or corp.comm@aa.com

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

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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