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American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December decreased 6.7 percent from December 2006, on a capacity decrease of 5.6 percent. System load factor was 69.4 percent, down 0.8 points year over year.

  American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in December.

  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. .

      Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.



                              AMERICAN EAGLE
                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                                 DECEMBER

                                        2007          2006        CHANGE
   PASSENGER MILES (000)
     SYSTEM                           671,436       719,497        (6.7)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        623,942       673,925        (7.4)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              47,494        45,572         4.2

   SEAT MILES (000)
     SYSTEM                           967,729     1,024,624        (5.6)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        884,009       948,189        (6.8)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              83,721        76,435         9.5

   LOAD FACTOR
     SYSTEM                              69.4          70.2        (0.8) pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES          70.6          71.1        (0.5)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES               56.7          59.6        (2.9)

   PASSENGERS BOARDED
     SYSTEM                         1,604,734     1,716,282        (6.5)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      1,386,462     1,496,181        (7.3)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             218,272       220,101        (0.8)


                               YEAR-TO-DATE

                                        2007          2006        CHANGE
   PASSENGER MILES (000)
     SYSTEM                         8,905,781     8,995,012        (1.0)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      8,341,900     8,421,734        (0.9)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             563,881       573,278        (1.6)

   SEAT MILES (000)
     SYSTEM                        12,133,188    12,214,268        (0.7)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     11,214,431    11,300,883        (0.8)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             918,757       913,385         0.6

   LOAD FACTOR
     SYSTEM                              73.4          73.6        (0.2) pts
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES           74.4          74.5        (0.1)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                61.4          62.8        (1.4)

   PASSENGERS BOARDED
     SYSTEM                        21,220,199    21,503,588        (1.3)   %
       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     18,519,215    18,765,715        (1.3)
       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           2,700,984     2,737,873        (1.3)



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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, +1-817-967-1577, corp.comm@aa.com

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