FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported that its June traffic increased 5.3 percent year over year as capacity increased 6.5 percent. June load factor was 77.0 percent, a decrease of 0.9 points compared to the same period last year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in June. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page. AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY JUNE ---- 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 736,482 699,643 5.3% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 691,110 649,515 6.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 45,372 50,129 (9.5) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 956,330 898,134 6.5% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 877,523 818,760 7.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,807 79,375 (0.7) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 77.0 77.9 (0.9) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 78.8 79.3 (0.6) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.6 63.2 (5.6) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,631,965 1,701,519 (4.1)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,384,664 1,450,062 (4.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 247,301 251,457 (1.7) ------------------ ------- ------- ---- YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2010 2009 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 3,927,288 3,720,347 5.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 3,672,487 3,449,993 6.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 254,801 270,354 (5.8) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 5,517,510 5,271,239 4.7% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,048,867 4,796,664 5.3 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 468,643 474,575 (1.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.2 70.6 0.6 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.7 71.9 0.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 54.4 57.0 (2.6) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 9,158,276 8,976,982 2.0% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,793,478 7,632,357 2.1 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,364,798 1,344,625 1.5 ------------------ --------- --------- --- Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
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