FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a September load factor of 68.7 percent - an increase of 4.1 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 5.9 percent year over year as capacity decreased 0.5 percent.
American Eagle boarded 1.5 million passengers in September.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER
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2009 2008 CHANGE
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PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 622,058 587,495 5.9 %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 584,679 557,478 4.9
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 37,378 30,017 24.5
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 906,071 910,704 (0.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 830,616 849,457 (2.2)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 75,455 61,247 23.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 68.7 64.5 4.1 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.4 65.6 4.8
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 49.5 49.0 0.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,532,063 1,406,253 8.9
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,342,176 1,262,089 6.3
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 189,887 144,164 31.7
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YEAR-TO-DATE
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2009 2008 CHANGE
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PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 5,748,510 6,127,255 (6.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,336,139 5,715,676 (6.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 412,371 411,580 0.2
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 8,045,475 8,689,065 (7.4) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,333,762 7,995,370 (8.3)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 711,713 693,695 2.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 71.5 70.5 0.9 pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.8 71.5 1.3
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.9 59.3 (1.4)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 13,958,735 14,717,047 (5.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 11,908,886 12,804,245 (7.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,049,849 1,912,802 7.2
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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines
