PRNewswire-FirstCall
FORT WORTH, Texas
American Eagle reported a September load factor of 64.5 percent -- down 5.7 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 17.2 percent year over year as capacity decreased 9.9 percent.
American Eagle boarded 1.4 million passengers in September.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 587,440 709,411 (17.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 557,478 671,069 (16.9)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 29,963 38,342 (21.9)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 910,707 1,010,514 (9.9) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 849,460 936,684 (9.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61,247 73,830 (17.0)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 64.5 70.2 (5.7) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 65.6 71.6 (6.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 48.9 51.9 (3.0)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,406,083 1,684,766 (16.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,262,089 1,512,424 (16.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 143,994 172,342 (16.4)
YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 6,127,201 6,751,049 (9.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,715,669 6,325,821 (9.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 411,532 425,229 (3.2)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 8,689,069 9,128,220 (4.8) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,995,369 8,443,391 (5.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 693,700 684,829 1.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 70.5 74.0 (3.5) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.5 74.9 (3.4)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.3 62.1 (2.8)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 14,716,877 16,044,764 (8.3) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 12,804,245 13,991,393 (8.5)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,912,632 2,053,371 (6.9)
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First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: rick.wilbins@aa.com
SOURCE: American Eagle Airlines
CONTACT: Andrea Huguely, Corporate Communications of American Eagle
Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas, +1-817-967-1577, corp.comm@aa.com
Web site: http://www.aa.com/