FORT WORTH, Texas, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a June load factor of 75.1 percent -- down 5.2 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.6 percent year over year as capacity decreased 2.3 percent.
American Eagle boarded 1.8 million passengers in June. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY JUNE 2008 2007 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 736,747 806,006 (8.6) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 690,238 756,873 (8.8) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 46,509 49,134 (5.3) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 980,789 1,003,432 (2.3) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 903,643 924,615 (2.3) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 77,146 78,817 (2.1) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 75.1 80.3 (5.2) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 76.4 81.9 (5.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 60.3 62.3 (2.0) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,775,778 1,913,850 (7.2) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,554,614 1,669,889 (6.9) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 221,164 243,961 (9.3) YEAR-TO-DATE 2008 2007 CHANGE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 4,073,662 4,388,566 (7.2) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,791,179 4,109,087 (7.7) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 282,483 279,479 1.1 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 5,725,250 6,007,100 (4.7) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,250,774 5,555,908 (5.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 474,477 451,192 5.2 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.2 73.1 (1.9) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.2 74.0 (1.8) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.5 61.9 (2.4) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 9,811,086 10,440,866 (6.0) % AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 8,495,663 9,070,989 (6.3) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,315,423 1,369,877 (4.0) Current AMR Corp. news releases can be accessed via the Internet.The address is http://www.aa.com/
