AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES ADDS SIX NEW ROUTES

American Eagle inaugurated service on six new routes today. American Eagle's new service is as follows:

      * Two daily round trips between Chicago O'Hare and Greensboro, N.C.,
        using a 50-seat Embraer 145 regional jet

      * Daily round-trip service between Chicago O'Hare and Columbia, S.C.,
        using a 50-seat Embraer 145 regional jet

      * Daily round-trip service between Chicago O'Hare and Jackson, Miss.,
        using a 50-seat Embraer 145 regional jet

      * Daily round-trip service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Harrisburg, Pa.,
        using a 70-seat Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet

      * Daily round-trip service between New York LaGuardia and Jacksonville,
        Fla., using a 37-seat Embraer 135 regional jet

      * Two daily round trips between Raleigh/Durham and Columbus, Ohio, using
        a 37-seat Embraer 135 regional jet

These new routes increase the number of travel options available to American Eagle and American Airlines customers.

---AMERICAN EAGLE WILL INCREASE FLIGHTS IN THE CARIBBEAN---

American Eagle announced today that it will increase its number of flights to Caribbean destinations beginning in December. The airline will offer additional flights from its San Juan hub to Antigua, Dominica, Anguilla, St. Thomas and St. Croix, using the ATR72 turbo-prop aircraft with capacity for 64 passengers. American Eagle's new service is as follows:

· Three additional daily round trips between San Juan and St. Thomas, beginning Dec. 14

· One additional daily round trip between San Juan and St. Croix, beginning Dec. 14

· One additional daily round trip between San Juan and Antigua, beginning Dec. 14

· One additional round trip between San Juan and Anguilla, four days a week, beginning Dec. 14

· One additional round trip between San Juan and Dominica, three days a week, beginning Nov. 16 through Dec. 1, and again from Dec. 14 to Jan. 31.