American Eagle Airlines Reports 73.3% May Load Factor

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 3, 2009 -- American Eagle reported a May load factor of 73.3 percent - an increase of 0.2 points compared to the same period last year.

Traffic decreased 14.3 percent year over year as capacity decreased 14.5 percent.

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American Eagle boarded nearly 1.5 million passengers in May.

Detailed traffic and capacity data follow:

                                  AMERICAN EAGLE
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                                   MAY
                                   ---
                                           2009      2008       CHANGE
                                           ----      ----       ------
      PASSENGER MILES (000)
         SYSTEM                          622,910    726,806     (14.3) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      578,418    678,614     (14.8)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            44,492     48,192      (7.7)

      SEAT MILES (000)
         SYSTEM                          849,572    994,136     (14.5) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      774,285    914,026     (15.3)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            75,287     80,110      (6.0)

      LOAD FACTOR
         SYSTEM                             73.3       73.1       0.2  pts
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         74.7       74.2       0.5
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              59.1       60.2      (1.1)

      PASSENGERS BOARDED
         SYSTEM                        1,492,512  1,744,676     (14.5) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    1,270,378  1,522,748     (16.6)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           222,134    221,928       0.1

                              YEAR-TO-DATE
                              ------------
                                          2009       2008       CHANGE
                                          ----       ----       ------
      PASSENGER MILES (000)
         SYSTEM                        2,954,642  3,336,915     (11.5) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    2,739,232  3,100,948     (11.7)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           215,410    235,968      (8.7)

      SEAT MILES (000)
         SYSTEM                        4,284,587  4,744,461      (9.7) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    3,897,142  4,347,131     (10.4)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           387,445    397,331      (2.5)

      LOAD FACTOR
         SYSTEM                             69.0       70.3      (1.4) pts
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         70.3       71.3      (1.0)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              55.6       59.4      (3.8)

      PASSENGERS BOARDED
         SYSTEM                        7,117,405  8,035,308     (11.4) %
            AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    6,048,520  6,941,049     (12.9)
            EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         1,068,885  1,094,259      (2.3)

SOURCE: American Eagle Airlines (NYSE:AMR)