American Airlines' traffic declines - Houston Business Journal:

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Both airlines are subsidiariea ofFort Worth-based (NYSE: AMR). Americamn Eagle alone saw its May traffictumbler 14.3 percent compared to the same period last while capacity fell 14.5 The regional airline flew 622.9 millionb revenue passenger miles in May, down from 726 million revenu passenger miles in May 2008. American Eagle boardecd 1.5 million passengers in May; its load factor — a measurre of the percentage of a planse filled with payingcustomers — of 73.3 percent remainedd consistent with May of last year. Americanh Airlines Inc. saw its traffic fall 11.7 percent in May, while its capacity dropped 8.8 percent comparefd to the previous year. During the month of May, 7.
2 millionh passengers boarded American aircraft, and the airlind flew 10.3 billion revenue passenger miles, down from 11.7 billiobn revenue passenger miles ayear earlier. American’ws load factor fell to 79.2 percent, down from 81.7 percenrt a year earlier.