American Eagle Airlines Reports October Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported an October load factor of 73.3 percent - an increase of 3.7 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 6.0 percent year over year as capacity increased 0.7 percent.

American Eagle boarded nearly 1.7 million passengers in October.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

                                 AMERICAN EAGLE
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                  OCTOBER
                                  -------
                                        2009      2008     CHANGE
                                        ----      ----     ------
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
        SYSTEM                        680,078    641,795     6.0    %
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    636,602    599,518     6.2
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          43,476     42,277     2.8

     SEAT MILES (000)
        SYSTEM                        927,413    921,316     0.7    %
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    850,460    850,396     0.0
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          76,953     70,920     8.5
     LOAD FACTOR
        SYSTEM                           73.3       69.7     3.7      pts
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       74.9       70.5     4.4
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            56.5       59.6    (3.1)
     PASSENGERS BOARDED
        SYSTEM                      1,686,303  1,577,821     6.9
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES  1,461,233  1,370,184     6.6
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         225,070    207,637     8.4
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                               YEAR-TO-DATE
                               ------------
                                      2009       2008      CHANGE
                                      ----       ----      ------
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
        SYSTEM                      6,428,602  6,769,050    (5.0)   %
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES  5,972,740  6,315,194    (5.4)
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         455,861    453,856     0.4

     SEAT MILES (000)
        SYSTEM                      8,972,888  9,610,381    (6.6)   %
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES  8,184,222  8,845,766    (7.5)
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         788,666    764,615     3.1
     LOAD FACTOR
        SYSTEM                           71.6       70.4     1.2      pts
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       73.0       71.4     1.6
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            57.8       59.4    (1.6)
     PASSENGERS BOARDED
        SYSTEM                     15,645,100 16,294,868    (4.0)   %
           AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 13,370,119 14,174,429    (5.7)
           EXECUTIVE AIRLINES       2,274,981  2,120,439     7.3

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