FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle
reported an October load factor of 69.6 percent -- down 3.9 points compared to
the same period last year. Traffic decreased 15.5 percent year over year as
capacity decreased 10.8 percent.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in October.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
OCTOBER
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 641,691 759,654 (15.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 607,985 715,015 (15.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 33,706 44,639 (24.5)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 921,316 1,033,089 (10.8) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 864,166 959,545 (9.9)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57,150 73,544 (22.3)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 69.6 73.5 (3.9) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.4 74.5 (4.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.0 60.7 (1.7)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,577,475 1,827,947 (13.7) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,416,566 1,618,269 (12.5)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 160,909 209,678 (23.3)
YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 6,768,946 7,510,703 (9.9) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 6,323,653 7,040,836 (10.2)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 445,293 469,867 (5.2)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,610,381 10,161,309 (5.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 8,859,536 9,402,936 (5.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 750,845 758,373 (1.0)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 70.4 73.9 (3.5) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.4 74.9 (3.5)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.3 62.0 (2.7)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 16,294,522 17,872,711 (8.8) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 14,220,811 15,609,662 (8.9)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,073,711 2,263,049 (8.4)
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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines
