FORT WORTH, Texas, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for June increased 12.7 percent from June 2005, on a capacity increase of 5.5 percent. System load factor was 80.5 percent, up 5.2 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded nearly 2 million passengers in June, up 8.5 percent from June 2005.
About American Eagle
American Eagle is the largest U.S. regional airline, operating 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) airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 3,900 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 600 destinations in over 135 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.
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
JUNE
2006 2005 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 826,042 732,823 12.7 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 773,309 682,955 13.2
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 52,733 49,868 5.7
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 1,026,364 973,160 5.5 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 946,890 894,465 5.9
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 79,474 78,694 1.0
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 80.5 75.3 5.2 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 81.7 76.4 5.3
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 66.4 63.4 3.0
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,988,246 1,833,241 8.5 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,731,344 1,591,589 8.8
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 256,902 241,652 6.3
YEAR-TO-DATE
2006 2005 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 4,450,483 3,778,918 17.8 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 4,155,931 3,489,793 19.1
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 294,552 289,125 1.9
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 6,029,870 5,483,056 10.0 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,562,144 5,004,466 11.1
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 467,727 478,590 (2.3)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 73.8 68.9 4.9 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.7 69.7 5.0
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 63.0 60.4 2.6
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 10,665,592 9,818,580 8.6 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 9,254,442 8,419,633 9.9
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,411,150 1,398,947 0.9
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