American Eagle Airlines Reports December Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a December load factor of 70.2 percent - up 0.9 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 12.4 percent year over year as capacity decreased 13.5 percent.

American Eagle boarded 1.4 million passengers in December.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

                                   AMERICAN EAGLE
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                                DECEMBER
                                                --------
                                          2008            2007    CHANGE
                                          ----            ----    ------
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                           588,080         671,436    (12.4)%
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      542,594         623,942    (13.0)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            45,487          47,494     (4.2)
    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                           837,307         967,729    (13.5)%
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      764,628         884,009    (13.5)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            72,679          83,721    (13.2)
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                              70.2            69.4      0.9 pts
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         71.0            70.6      0.4
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              62.6            56.7      5.9
    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                         1,420,851       1,604,734    (11.5)%
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    1,203,031       1,386,462    (13.2)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           156,996         218,272    (28.1)



                                              YEAR-TO-DATE
                                              ------------
                                          2008            2007   CHANGE
                                          ----            ----   ------
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         7,925,248       8,905,781    (11.0)
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    7,382,898       8,341,900    (11.5)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           542,350         563,881     (3.8)
    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                        11,291,844      12,133,188     (6.9)%
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   10,378,368      11,214,431     (7.5)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           913,476         918,757     (0.6)
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                              70.2            73.4     (3.2) pts
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         71.1            74.4     (3.2)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              59.4            61.4     (2.0)
    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                        19,102,608      21,220,199    (10.0)%
          AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   16,558,164      18,519,215    (10.6)
          EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         2,483,620       2,700,984     (8.0)

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