FORT WORTH, Texas – American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December increased 1.6 percent from December 2005, on a capacity increase of 3.6 percent. System load factor was 70.2 percent, down 1.4 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.72 million passengers in December, up 1.6 percent from December 2005.

About American Eagle
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AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
DECEMBER
										2006		2005		CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM									719,478		708,268		1.6	%
					AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES					673,911		662,878		1.7
					EXECUTIVE AIRLINES					45,568		45,390		0.4
SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM									1,024,652		989,491		3.6	%
				AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES						948,217		913,584		3.8
				EXECUTIVE AIRLINES						76,435		75,907		0.7
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM									70.2		71.6		(1.4)	pts
				AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES						71.1		72.6		(1.5)
				EXECUTIVE AIRLINES						59.6		59.8		(0.2)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
	SYSTEM									1,716,238		1,689,321		1.6	%
			AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES							1,496,155		1,473,806		1.5
			EXECUTIVE AIRLINES							220,083		215,515		2.1
YEAR-TO-DATE
										2006		2005		CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM									8,994,994		8,056,102		11.7	%
			AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES							8,421,720		7,502,640		12.3
			EXECUTIVE AIRLINES							573,274		553,462		3.6
SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM									12,214,296		11,431,394		6.8	%
			AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES							11,300,910		10,525,511		7.4
			EXECUTIVE AIRLINES							913,385		905,883		0.8
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM									73.6		70.5		3.1	pts
			AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES							74.5		71.3		3.2
			EXECUTIVE AIRLINES							62.8		61.1		1.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED
	SYSTEM									21,503,544		20,162,094		6.7	%
			AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES							18,765,689		17,534,410		7.0
			EXECUTIVE AIRLINES							2,737,855		2,627,684		4.2