FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a November load factor of 70.4 percent, an increase of 3.1 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 11.7 percent year over year as capacity increased 6.8 percent.
American Eagle boarded nearly 1.6 million passengers in November. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY NOVEMBER -------- 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 634,582 568,118 11.7% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 591,043 525,117 12.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 43,540 43,000 1.3 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 901,215 844,155 6.8% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 822,794 767,973 7.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,421 76,182 2.9 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 70.4 67.3 3.1 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.8 68.4 3.5 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 55.5 56.4 (0.9) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,575,972 1,386,889 13.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,345,967 1,180,704 14.0 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 230,005 206,185 11.6 YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 7,063,213 7,337,168 (3.7)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 6,563,790 6,840,311 (4.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 499,424 496,857 0.5 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 9,874,104 10,454,536 (5.6)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 9,007,017 9,613,739 (6.3) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 867,087 840,797 3.1 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.5 70.2 1.4 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.9 71.2 1.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.6 59.1 (1.5) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 17,221,157 17,681,757 (2.6)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 14,716,105 15,355,133 (4.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,505,052 2,326,624 7.7 Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet The address is http://www.aa.com/
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