FORT WORTH, Texas (AFX) - American Eagle, the regional carrier for American Airlines, on Wednesday said its June traffic grew 12.7 percent on more modest capacity growth of 5.5 percent.
The carrier reported June traffic grew to 826,042 revenue passenger miles, an industry unit for a paying passenger flown one mile. Capacity grew to 1 million available seat miles, while occupancy increased 5.2 percentage points to 80.5 percent in the month.
Year to date, the carrier said traffic is up 17.8 percent on 10 percent capacity growth, while occupancy is up 4.9 percentage points to 73.8 percent.
Shares of American Eagle's parent, AMR Corp. closed up 46 cents at $26.06 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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