FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported an October load factor of 73.3 percent - an increase of 3.7 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 6.0 percent year over year as capacity increased 0.7 percent.

American Eagle boarded nearly 1.7 million passengers in October. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY OCTOBER ------- 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 680,078 641,795 6.0 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 636,602 599,518 6.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 43,476 42,277 2.8 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 927,413 921,316 0.7 % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 850,460 850,396 0.0 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 76,953 70,920 8.5 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 73.3 69.7 3.7 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.9 70.5 4.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 56.5 59.6 (3.1) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,686,303 1,577,821 6.9 AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,461,233 1,370,184 6.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 225,070 207,637 8.4 ------------------ ------- ------- --- YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 6,428,602 6,769,050 (5.0) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,972,740 6,315,194 (5.4) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 455,861 453,856 0.4 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 8,972,888 9,610,381 (6.6) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 8,184,222 8,845,766 (7.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 788,666 764,615 3.1 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.6 70.4 1.2 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 73.0 71.4 1.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.8 59.4 (1.6) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 15,645,100 16,294,868 (4.0) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 13,370,119 14,174,429 (5.7) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,274,981 2,120,439 7.3 Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet The address is http://www.aa.com/

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