FORT WORTH, Texas, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported that March traffic increased 3.3 percent year over year as capacity increased 3.4 percent. March load factor was 71.9 percent, unchanged when compared to the same period last year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in March. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE -------------- COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY --------------------------------------- MARCH ----- 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 664,415 643,167 3.3% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 620,937 598,919 3.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 43,479 44,248 (1.7) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 924,354 894,187 3.4% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 844,722 814,271 3.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 79,632 79,916 (0.4) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.9 71.9 (0.0) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 73.5 73.6 (0.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 54.6 55.4 (0.8) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,612,141 1,541,944 4.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,381,741 1,320,291 4.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 230,400 221,653 3.9 YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 1,761,472 1,687,223 4.4% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,639,789 1,564,929 4.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 121,683 122,294 (0.5) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 2,610,612 2,547,296 2.5% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 2,378,353 2,314,713 2.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 232,260 232,583 (0.1) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 67.5 66.2 1.2 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 68.9 67.6 1.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 52.4 52.6 (0.2) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 4,301,759 4,079,309 5.5% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,657,237 3,469,842 5.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 644,522 609,467 5.8 Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
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