American Eagle Airlines Reports July Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle
reported a July load factor of 73.1 percent -- down 6.5 points compared to the
same period last year. Traffic decreased 9.1 percent year over year as
capacity decreased 0.9 percent. American Eagle boarded 1.8 million
passengers in July.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
JULY
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 761,731 837,689 (9.1) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 711,134 782,960 (9.2)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 50,597 54,729 (7.6)

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 1,042,353 1,051,997 (0.9) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 962,665 971,830 (0.9)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 79,687 80,167 (0.6)

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 73.1 79.6 (6.5) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 73.9 80.6 (6.7)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 63.5 68.3 (4.8)

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,815,782 1,989,789 (8.7) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 1,582,781 1,725,452 (8.3)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 233,001 264,337 (11.9)

YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 4,835,421 5,226,255 (7.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 4,502,312 4,892,047 (8.0)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 333,109 334,208 (0.3)

SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 6,767,603 7,059,097 (4.1) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 6,213,439 6,527,738 (4.8)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 554,164 531,359 4.3

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 71.4 74.0 (2.6) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 72.5 74.9 (2.4)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 60.1 62.9 (2.8)

PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 11,626,985 12,430,655 (6.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE
AIRLINES 10,078,444 10,796,441 (6.7)
EXECUTIVE
AIRLINES 1,548,541 1,634,214 (5.2)

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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines

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