American Eagle reported an August load factor of 69.7 percent -- down 7.3 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 13.6 percent year over year as capacity decreased 4.5 percent.
American Eagle boarded nearly 1.7 million passengers in August.
AMERICAN EAGLE
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
AUGUST
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 704,179 815,384 (13.6) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 655,883 762,705 (14.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 48,296 52,679 (8.3)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 1,010,728 1,058,608 (4.5) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 932,466 978,969 (4.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 78,262 79,640 (1.7)
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 69.7 77.0 (7.3) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 70.3 77.9 (7.6)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 61.7 66.1 (4.4)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 1,683,215 1,929,342 (12.8) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,463,684 1,682,527 (13.0)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 219,531 246,815 (11.1)
YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 5,539,638 6,041,639 (8.3) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 5,158,187 5,654,752 (8.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 381,451 386,887 (1.4)
SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 7,778,331 8,117,705 (4.2) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,145,905 7,506,707 (4.8)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 632,426 610,998 3.5
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 71.2 74.4 (3.2) pts
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 72.2 75.3 (3.1)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 60.3 63.3 (3.0)
PASSENGERS BOARDED
SYSTEM 13,310,348 14,359,997 (7.3) %
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 11,542,128 12,478,968 (7.5)
EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 1,768,220 1,881,029 (6.0)
