American Eagle Airlines Reports April Traffic

May 2, 2007

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES REPORTS APRIL TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for April decreased 2.6 percent from April 2006, on a capacity decrease of 2.4 percent. System load factor was 74.2 percent, down 0.2 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.75 million passengers in April, down 4 percent from April 2006.

About American Eagle
American Eagle operates more than 1,800 daily flights to more than 160 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® 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® 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 700 destinations in over 140 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. (NYSE: AMR).

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.



AMERICAN EAGLE

COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

APRIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

738,185

 

758,110

 

(2.6)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

689,437

 

705,486

 

(2.3)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

48,748

 

52,624

 

(7.4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

994,447

 

1,018,792

 

(2.4)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

920,676

 

938,426

 

(1.9)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

73,771

 

80,366

 

(8.2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

74.2

 

74.4

 

(0.2)

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

74.9

 

75.2

 

(0.3)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

66.1

 

65.5

 

0.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

1,753,747

 

1,827,055

 

(4.0)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

1,516,007

 

1,573,420

 

(3.6)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

237,740

 

253,635

 

(6.3)

 

 

YEAR-TO-DATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

2,779,824

 

2,814,893

 

(1.2)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

2,596,817

 

2,624,146

 

(1.0)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

183,007

 

190,747

 

(4.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

3,940,510

 

3,954,500

 

(0.4)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

3,645,117

 

3,645,648

 

-

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

295,392

 

308,852

 

(4.4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

70.5

 

71.2

 

(0.7)

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

71.2

 

72.0

 

(0.8)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

62.0

 

61.8

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

6,623,479

 

6,728,426

 

(1.6)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

5,727,708

 

5,820,365

 

(1.6)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

895,771

 

908,061

 

(1.4)