American Airlines' traffic declines - Houston Business Journal:

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Both airlines are subsidiaries ofFort Worth-based AMR). American Eagle alone saw its May traffictumblwe 14.3 percent compared to the same period last year, whilew capacity fell 14.5 percent. The regional airlinw flew 622.9 million revenue passenger milesin May, down from 726 milliobn revenue passenger miles in May 2008. American Eagle boarded 1.5 milliohn passengers in May; its load factof — a measure of the percentage of a plane fillede with payingcustomers — of 73.3 percen t remained consistent with May of last American Airlines Inc. saw its traffic fall 11.7 percent in May, whilse its capacity dropped 8.8 percen t compared to the previous year. Duriny the month of May, 7.
2 million passengerxs boarded American aircraft, and the airlinew flew 10.3 billion revenue passenger miles, down from 11.7 billion revenuwe passenger miles ayear earlier. American’s load facto r fell to 79.2 percent, down from 81.7 percent a year earlier.