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Friday, October 3, 2008

American Eagle Airlines Reports September Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a September load factor of 64.5 percent -- down 5.7 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 17.2 percent year over year as capacity decreased 9.9 percent.

    American Eagle boarded 1.4 million passengers in September.

                                AMERICAN EAGLE
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                             SEPTEMBER
                                       2008            2007         CHANGE
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         587,440         709,411        (17.2) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      557,478         671,069        (16.9)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            29,963          38,342        (21.9)
     SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         910,707       1,010,514         (9.9) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      849,460         936,684         (9.3)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            61,247          73,830        (17.0)
     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                            64.5            70.2         (5.7) pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         65.6            71.6         (6.0)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              48.9            51.9         (3.0)
     PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                       1,406,083       1,684,766        (16.5) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    1,262,089       1,512,424        (16.6)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           143,994         172,342        (16.4)


                                           YEAR-TO-DATE
                                       2008            2007         CHANGE
     PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       6,127,201       6,751,049         (9.2) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    5,715,669       6,325,821         (9.6)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           411,532         425,229         (3.2)
     SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       8,689,069       9,128,220         (4.8) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    7,995,369       8,443,391         (5.3)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           693,700         684,829          1.3
     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                            70.5            74.0         (3.5) pts
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         71.5            74.9         (3.4)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              59.3            62.1         (2.8)
     PASSENGERS BOARDED
      SYSTEM                      14,716,877      16,044,764         (8.3) %
        AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   12,804,245      13,991,393         (8.5)
        EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         1,912,632       2,053,371         (6.9)

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