American Eagle Airlines Reports June Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a
June load factor of 77.9 percent - an increase of 2.8 points compared to the
same period last year. Traffic decreased 5.0 percent year over year as
capacity decreased 8.4 percent.

American Eagle boarded more than 1.7 million passengers in June.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

JUNE
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2009 2008 CHANGE
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PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 699,628 736,775 (5.0) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 649,509 690,237 (5.9)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 50,119 46,538 7.7

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 898,133 980,789 (8.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 818,758 903,643 (9.4)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 79,375 77,146 2.9

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 77.9 75.1 2.8 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 79.3 76.4 2.9
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 63.1 60.3 2.8

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,701,466 1,775,895 (4.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,450,029 1,554,614 (6.7)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 251,437 221,281 13.6

YEAR-TO-DATE
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2009 2008 CHANGE
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PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 3,720,332 4,073,690 (8.7) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,449,988 3,791,185 (9.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 270,345 282,505 (4.3)

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 5,271,237 5,725,250 (7.9) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 4,796,662 5,250,774 (8.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 474,575 474,477 0.0

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 70.6 71.2 (0.6) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.9 72.2 (0.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.0 59.5 (2.6)

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 8,976,929 9,811,203 (8.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,632,324 8,495,663 (10.2)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,344,605 1,315,540 2.2

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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines

Andrea Huguely, Corporate Communications of American Eagle, +1-817-967-1577,
mediarelations@aa.com