American Eagle Airlines Reports September Traffic

                              AMERICAN EAGLE

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY



                                           SEPTEMBER

                                     2008            2007         CHANGE

   PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                         587,440         709,411        (17.2) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      557,478         671,069        (16.9)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            29,963          38,342        (21.9)

   SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                         910,707       1,010,514         (9.9) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES      849,460         936,684         (9.3)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES            61,247          73,830        (17.0)

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                            64.5            70.2         (5.7) pts

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         65.6            71.6         (6.0)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              48.9            51.9         (3.0)

   PASSENGERS BOARDED

    SYSTEM                       1,406,083       1,684,766        (16.5) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    1,262,089       1,512,424        (16.6)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           143,994         172,342        (16.4)





                                         YEAR-TO-DATE

                                     2008            2007         CHANGE

   PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       6,127,201       6,751,049         (9.2) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    5,715,669       6,325,821         (9.6)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           411,532         425,229         (3.2)

   SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       8,689,069       9,128,220         (4.8) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES    7,995,369       8,443,391         (5.3)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES           693,700         684,829          1.3

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                            70.5            74.0         (3.5) pts

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES         71.5            74.9         (3.4)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES              59.3            62.1         (2.8)

   PASSENGERS BOARDED

    SYSTEM                      14,716,877      16,044,764         (8.3) %

      AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES   12,804,245      13,991,393         (8.5)

      EXECUTIVE AIRLINES         1,912,632       2,053,371         (6.9)