FORT WORTH, Texas, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported that its April traffic increased 8.7 percent year over year as capacity increased 8.8 percent. April load factor was 72.5 percent, down 0.1 percent when compared to the same period last year.
American Eagle boarded nearly 1.6 million passengers in April. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY APRIL ----- 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 700,318 644,510 8.7% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 656,481 595,885 10.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 43,837 48,624 (9.8) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 966,128 887,719 8.8% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 887,488 808,144 9.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,640 79,575 (1.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 72.5 72.6 (0.1) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 74.0 73.7 0.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 55.7 61.1 (5.4) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,589,400 1,545,584 2.8% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,356,727 1,308,300 3.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 232,673 237,284 (1.9) YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 2,461,852 2,331,732 5.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 2,296,313 2,160,814 6.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 165,539 170,918 (3.1) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 3,576,740 3,435,015 4.1% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,265,841 3,122,857 4.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 310,900 312,158 (0.4) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 68.8 67.9 0.9 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.3 69.2 1.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 53.2 54.8 (1.5) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 5,891,323 5,624,893 4.7% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,014,051 4,778,142 4.9 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 877,272 846,751 3.6 Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
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