American Eagle Airlines Reports August Traffic

                              AMERICAN EAGLE

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY



                                 AUGUST

                                      2008            2007        CHANGE

   PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                         704,179         815,384        (13.6) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     655,883         762,705        (14.0)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           48,296          52,679         (8.3)



   SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       1,010,728       1,058,608         (4.5) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES     932,466         978,969         (4.8)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           78,262          79,640         (1.7)



   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                            69.7            77.0         (7.3) pts

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        70.3            77.9         (7.6)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             61.7            66.1         (4.4)



   PASSENGERS BOARDED

    SYSTEM                       1,683,215       1,929,342        (12.8) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   1,463,684       1,682,527        (13.0)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          219,531         246,815        (11.1)





                                 YEAR-TO-DATE

                                      2008            2007        CHANGE

   PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       5,539,638       6,041,639         (8.3) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   5,158,187       5,654,752         (8.8)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          381,451         386,887         (1.4)



   SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       7,778,331       8,117,705         (4.2) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   7,145,905       7,506,707         (4.8)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES          632,426         610,998          3.5



   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                            71.2            74.4         (3.2) pts

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES        72.2            75.3         (3.1)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES             60.3            63.3         (3.0)



   PASSENGERS BOARDED

    SYSTEM                      13,310,348      14,359,997         (7.3) %

       AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES  11,542,128      12,478,968         (7.5)

       EXECUTIVE AIRLINES        1,768,220       1,881,029         (6.0)