FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle
Airlines today reported systemwide traffic for September increased
26.2 percent from September 2004, on a capacity increase of 20.4 percent.
System load factor was 69.2 percent, up 3.2 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in September, up
14.2 percent from September 2004.
About American Eagle
American Eagle operates over 1,700 daily flights to more than 140 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) regional
airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 3,800 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(SM) 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
600 destinations in over 135 countries and territories. American Airlines,
Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation
(NYSE: AMR). American Airlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and
AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER
2005 2004 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 676,404 535,771 26.2 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 643,720 504,836 27.5
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 32,684 30,935 5.7
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 977,434 811,721 20.4 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 917,433 746,071 23.0
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 60,001 65,650 (8.6)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 69.2 66.0 3.2 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.2 67.7 2.5
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 54.5 47.1 7.4
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,623,025 1,420,855 14.2 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,475,780 1,282,297 15.1
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 147,245 138,558 6.3
YEAR-TO-DATE
2005 2004 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 5,928,806 4,680,820 26.7 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,500,212 4,227,764 30.1
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 428,594 453,055 (5.4)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 8,487,032 6,920,290 22.6 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,788,084 6,164,541 26.3
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 698,949 755,748 (7.5)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 69.9 67.9 2.0 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.6 68.6 2.0
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61.3 59.9 1.4
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 15,054,820 13,105,594 14.9 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 13,015,191 10,936,183 19.0
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,039,629 2,169,411 (6.0)
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