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 traffictumble 14.3 percent compared to the same period last while capacity fell 14.5 percent. The regionalo airline flew 622.9 million revenue passenger miles in May, down from 726 milliohn revenue passenger miles in May 2008. American Eaglre boarded 1.5 million passengers in May; its load factoe — a measure of the percentage of a planw filled with paying customers of 73.3 percent remainedf consistent with May of last American Airlines Inc. saw its traffic fall 11.7 percent in May, whilew its capacity dropped 8.8 percent compared to the previous During the monthof May, 7.
2 millio n passengers boarded American aircraft, and the airline flew 10.3 billioj revenue passenger miles, down from 11.7 billion revenue passengef miles a year earlier. American’s load facto fell to 79.2 percent, down from 81.7 percent a year