American Eagle Airlines Reports December Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle
Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December decreased 6.7 percent from
December 2006, on a capacity decrease of 5.6 percent. System load factor was
69.4 percent, down 0.8 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in December.
About American Eagle
American Eagle operates more than 1,800 daily flights to more than 160
cities throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico and the
Caribbean on behalf of American Airlines. American Airlines is the world's
largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R)
airlines serve 250 cities in more than 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily
flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft.
American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to
check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers.
American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which
brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business,
enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any
airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve more than 700
destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc.
and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation.
AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage
are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR).
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
DECEMBER

2007 2006 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 671,436 719,497 (6.7) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 623,942 673,925 (7.4)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 47,494 45,572 4.2

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 967,729 1,024,624 (5.6) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 884,009 948,189 (6.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 83,721 76,435 9.5

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 69.4 70.2 (0.8) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.6 71.1 (0.5)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 56.7 59.6 (2.9)

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,604,734 1,716,282 (6.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,386,462 1,496,181 (7.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 218,272 220,101 (0.8)

YEAR-TO-DATE

2007 2006 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 8,905,781 8,995,012 (1.0) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 8,341,900 8,421,734 (0.9)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 563,881 573,278 (1.6)

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 12,133,188 12,214,268 (0.7) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 11,214,431 11,300,883 (0.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 918,757 913,385 0.6

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 73.4 73.6 (0.2) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.4 74.5 (0.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61.4 62.8 (1.4)

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 21,220,199 21,503,588 (1.3) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 18,519,215 18,765,715 (1.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,700,984 2,737,873 (1.3)

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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines

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