FORT WORTH, Texas, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported system wide traffic for June decreased 2.4 percent from June 2006, on a capacity decrease of 2.2 percent. System load factor was 80.3 percent, down 0.2 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded 1.9 million passengers in June, down 3.8 percent from June 2006.
About American Eagle
American Eagle operates more than 1,800 daily flights to more than 160 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 more than 40 countries with more than 4,000 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 700 destinations in over 140 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
2007 2006 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 806,009 826,195 (2.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 756,875 773,322 (2.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 49,134 52,873 (7.1)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 1,003,432 1,026,290 (2.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 924,615 946,816 (2.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,817 79,474 (0.8)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 80.3 80.5 (0.2) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 81.9 81.7 0.2
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 62.3 66.5 (4.2)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,913,850 1,988,710 (3.8) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,669,889 1,731,388 (3.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 243,961 257,322 (5.2)
YEAR-TO-DATE
2007 2006 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 4,388,568 4,450,635 (1.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 4,109,089 4,155,944 (1.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 279,479 294,691 (5.2)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 6,007,100 6,029,796 (0.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,555,908 5,562,070 (0.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 451,192 467,726 (3.5)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 73.1 73.8 (0.7) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.0 74.7 (0.7)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61.9 63.0 (1.1)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 10,440,866 10,666,056 (2.1) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 9,070,989 9,254,486 (2.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,369,877 1,411,570 (3.0)
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