FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a December load factor of 71.0 percent, an increase of 0.8 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 6.6 percent year over year as capacity increased 5.5 percent.
American Eagle boarded 1.5 million passengers in December.
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.
AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY DECEMBER -------- 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 627,033 588,211 6.6% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 581,732 542,624 7.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 45,300 45,587 (0.6) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 883,087 837,308 5.5% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 802,558 755,989 6.2 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 80,529 81,320 (1.0) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.0 70.3 0.8 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.5 71.8 0.7 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 56.3 56.1 0.2 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,527,344 1,421,326 7.5% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,296,631 1,203,115 7.8 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 230,713 218,211 5.7
YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2009 2008 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 7,690,386 7,925,379 (3.0)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,145,639 7,382,935 (3.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 544,747 542,444 0.4 SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,757,195 11,291,845 (4.7)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 9,809,580 10,369,728 (5.4) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 947,616 922,117 2.8 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 71.5 70.2 1.3 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.8 71.2 1.6 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 57.5 58.8 (1.3) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 18,748,833 19,103,083 (1.9)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 16,012,967 16,558,248 (3.3) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,735,866 2,544,835 7.5
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SOURCE American Eagle Airlines
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