American Eagle Airlines Reports April Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for April decreased 2.6 percent from April 2006, on a capacity decrease of 2.4 percent. System load factor was 74.2 percent, down 0.2 points year over year.

American Eagle boarded 1.75 million passengers in April, down 4 percent from April 2006.

About American Eagle

American Eagle operates more than 1,800 daily flights to more than 160 cities throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico and the Caribbean on behalf of American Airlines. American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in more than 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve more than 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR). AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc..

    Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.



                                 AMERICAN EAGLE
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                                      APRIL

                                         2007          2006       CHANGE
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                            738,185       758,110      (2.6)  %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        689,437       705,486      (2.3)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              48,748        52,624      (7.4)

    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                            994,447     1,018,792      (2.4)  %
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        920,676       938,426      (1.9)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              73,771        80,366      (8.2)

    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                               74.2          74.4      (0.2)  pts
         AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES           74.9          75.2      (0.3)
         EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                66.1          65.5       0.6

    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                          1,753,747     1,827,055      (4.0)  %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       1,516,007     1,573,420      (3.6)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              237,740       253,635      (6.3)


                                  YEAR-TO-DATE

                                         2007          2006       CHANGE
    PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                          2,779,824     2,814,893      (1.2)  %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       2,596,817     2,624,146      (1.0)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              183,007       190,747      (4.1)

    SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                          3,940,510     3,954,500      (0.4)  %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       3,645,117     3,645,648       ---
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              295,392       308,852      (4.4)

    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                               70.5          71.2      (0.7)  pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES            71.2          72.0      (0.8)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES                 62.0          61.8       0.2

    PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                          6,623,479     6,728,426      (1.6)  %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES       5,727,708     5,820,365      (1.6)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              895,771       908,061      (1.4)

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