American Eagle Airlines Reports February Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported that February traffic increased 1.0 percent year over year as capacity decreased 1.3 percent. February load factor was 66.7 percent, an increase of 1.5 points compared to the same period last year.

American Eagle boarded 1.3 million passengers in February.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

    
    
    
                                 AMERICAN EAGLE
                      COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
    
                                    FEBRUARY
                                    --------
                                        2010         2009       CHANGE
                                        ----         ----       ------
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                          527,282      522,130       1.0%
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       489,661      485,017       1.0
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             37,621       37,114       1.4
    
    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                          790,460      800,520      (1.3)%
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       718,429      728,476      (1.4)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             72,031       72,044      (0.0)
    
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                             66.7         65.2       1.5 pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES          68.2         66.6       1.6
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES               52.2         51.5       0.7
    
    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                        1,293,897    1,265,226       2.3%
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     1,093,442    1,078,915       1.3
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            200,455      186,311       7.6
    
    
    
                                   YEAR-TO-DATE
                                   ------------
                                         2010         2009       CHANGE
                                         ----         ----       ------
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         1,096,952    1,044,056       5.1%
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      1,018,791      966,010       5.5
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              78,161       78,046       0.1
    
    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         1,686,258    1,653,109       2.0%
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      1,533,631    1,500,442       2.2
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             152,628      152,668      (0.0)
    
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                              65.1         63.2       1.9 pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES           66.4         64.4       2.0
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                51.2         51.1       0.1
    
    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                         2,689,366    2,537,365       6.0 %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      2,275,402    2,149,551       5.9
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             413,964      387,814       6.7
    

Current AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) releases can be accessed on the Internet.

The address is http://www.aa.com/

SOURCE American Eagle Airlines

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