American Eagle Airlines Reports January Traffic

    

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Eagle reported a January traffic increase of 10.3 percent year-over-year as capacity increased 5.6 percent. January load factor was 67.2 percent, an increase of 2.8 points compared to the same period last year. American Eagle boarded more than 1.5 million passengers in January. Detailed traffic and capacity data follows.

AMERICAN EAGLE

COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                                                     2012              2011               CHANGE

PASSENGER MILES (000)    

SYSTEM                                                    751,937            682,025           10.3 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES               716,008            639,242           12.0 %
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                              35,929              42,783           (16.0) %

           

SEAT MILES (000)    

 SYSTEM                                                  1,118,801         1,059,283           5.6 %
 AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES             1,051,901            975,464           7.8  %
 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                               66,900              83,819          (20.2) %

           

LOAD FACTOR    

    SYSTEM                                                            67.2                64.4                 2.8 pts
    AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES                       68.1                65.5                 2.5*
    EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                                    53.7                51.0                 2.7

           

PASSENGERS BOARDED    

  SYSTEM                                                     1,514,934           1,447,295    4.7 %
  AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES                1,321,876           1,226,273    7.8  %
  EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                               193,058               221,022    (12.7)%

*January 2012 load factor change number rounded to nearest tenth of a point.