American Airlines' traffic declines - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Both airlines are subsidiaries ofFort Worth-basedr (NYSE: AMR). American Eagle alone saw its May traffi ctumble 14.3 percent compareds to the same period last year, while capacity fell 14.5 percent. The regionalk airline flew 622.9 millionj revenue passenger milesin May, down from 726 million revenue passenger miles in May 2008. American Eaglwe boarded 1.5 million passengers in May; its load factorf — a measure of the percentage of a planew filled with paying customers of 73.3 percent remained consistent with May of last year. American Airlines Inc. saw its traffi c fall 11.7 percent in May, while its capacity droppefd 8.8 percent compared to the previous During the monthof May, 7.
2 millionh passengers boarded American aircraft, and the airlinre flew 10.3 billion revenue passenger miles, down from 11.7 billionb revenue passenger miles a year earlier. American’s load factor fell to 79.2 down from 81.7 percent a year earlier.