American Eagle Traffic Rises
Posted/updated on: September 8, 2011 at 2:30 am
FORT WORTH (AP) — American Eagle, which operates regional flights for American Airlines, including flights to Tyler, said Tuesday that traffic rose 10.2 percent in August, outstripping an increase in passenger-carrying capacity. Eagle said paying passengers flew 855.1 million miles last month, up from 776 million miles in August 2010.
The airline raised capacity by 7.5 percent, to 1.14 billion available seat miles, a measure of one seat flown one mile. Airlines add capacity by adding flights, using bigger planes or flying longer distances.
The airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp, is in the process of spinning off American Eagle to shareholders as a separate company.
