American Eagle Airlines releases December traffic results

Airline Industry Information, Jan 6, 2009

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American Eagle Airlines, a subsidiary of AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR), has reported its traffic results for December 2008.

Revenue passenger miles for the month showed a decrease of 12.4% compared to December 2007, while available seat miles dropped by 13.5%, resulting in a load factor of 70.2%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points.

The airline boarded a total of 1.4m passengers in December 2008, a decline of 11.5% from the same period last year.

Year-to-date, American Eagle recorded a decrease in revenue passenger miles of 11.0% compared to the same period a year ago, while available seat miles fell by 6.9%, resulting in a load factor of 70.2%, a drop of 3.2 percentage points.

A total of 19.1m passengers were boarded by American Eagle in 2008, a decline of 10.0% compared to 2007.

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