American Eagle Airlines Reports August Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported an August load factor of 69.7 percent -- down 7.3 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 13.6 percent year over year as capacity decreased 4.5 percent.

American Eagle boarded nearly 1.7 million passengers in August.

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                                AMERICAN EAGLE
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                   AUGUST
                                        2008            2007        CHANGE
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         704,179         815,384        (13.6) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     655,883         762,705        (14.0)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           48,296          52,679         (8.3)

     SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       1,010,728       1,058,608         (4.5) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     932,466         978,969         (4.8)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           78,262          79,640         (1.7)

     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                            69.7            77.0         (7.3) pts
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        70.3            77.9         (7.6)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             61.7            66.1         (4.4)

     PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                       1,683,215       1,929,342        (12.8) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   1,463,684       1,682,527        (13.0)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          219,531         246,815        (11.1)


                                   YEAR-TO-DATE
                                        2008            2007        CHANGE
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       5,539,638       6,041,639         (8.3) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   5,158,187       5,654,752         (8.8)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          381,451         386,887         (1.4)

     SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       7,778,331       8,117,705         (4.2) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   7,145,905       7,506,707         (4.8)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          632,426         610,998          3.5

     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                            71.2            74.4         (3.2) pts
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        72.2            75.3         (3.1)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             60.3            63.3         (3.0)

     PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                      13,310,348      14,359,997         (7.3) %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES  11,542,128      12,478,968         (7.5)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES        1,768,220       1,881,029         (6.0)


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