American Eagle Airlines Reports March Traffic

April 3, 2007

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for March increased 1 percent from March 2006, on a capacity increase of 1 percent. System load factor was 74.1 percent, flat year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.79 million passengers in March, up 0.6 percent from March 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 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. (NYSE: AMR).

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.


AMERICAN EAGLE

COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

MARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

757,152

 

749,444

 

1.0

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

708,899

 

700,239

 

1.2

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

48,252

 

49,204

 

(1.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

1,021,518

 

1,011,698

 

1.0

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

946,351

 

934,615

 

1.3

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

75,167

 

77,083

 

(2.5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

74.1

 

74.1

 

-

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

74.9

 

74.9

 

-

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

64.2

 

63.8

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

1,797,412

 

1,786,427

 

0.6

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

1,557,833

 

1,550,849

 

0.5

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

239,579

 

235,578

 

1.7

 

 

YEAR-TO-DATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

2,041,641

 

2,056,783

 

(0.7)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

1,907,382

 

1,918,660

 

(0.6)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

134,260

 

138,123

 

(2.8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

2,946,063

 

2,935,708

 

0.4

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

2,724,441

 

2,707,222

 

0.6

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

221,662

 

228,486

 

(2.8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

69.3

 

70.1

 

(0.8)

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

70.0

 

70.9

 

(0.9)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

60.6

 

60.5

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

4,869,732

 

4,901,371

 

(0.6)

%

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

4,211,701

 

4,246,945

 

(0.8)

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

658,031

 

654,426

 

0.6