American Airlines Reports August Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, reported a August load factor of 83.5 percent, a decline of 1.5 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.9 percent and capacity decreased 1.1 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 5.6 percent year over year on 2.9 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 2.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 2.0 percent.

American boarded 8.4 million passengers in August.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
August
			2008		2007		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		12,164,519		12,522,034		-2.9	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,629,130		8,080,597		-5.6
		INTERNATIONAL	4,535,389		4,441,437		2.1
		ATLANTIC	1,891,107		1,921,167		-1.6
		LATIN AMERICA	2,159,111		2,032,870		6.2
		PACIFIC	485,171		487,399		-0.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		14,565,349		14,731,849		-1.1	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	9,047,969		9,320,971		-2.9
		INTERNATIONAL	5,517,380		5,410,878		2.0
		ATLANTIC	2,281,680		2,314,917		-1.4
		LATIN AMERICA	2,653,036		2,516,276		5.4
		PACIFIC	582,664		579,685		0.5
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		83.5	%	85.0	%	-1.5	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	84.3		86.7		-2.4
		INTERNATIONAL	82.2		82.1		0.1
		ATLANTIC	82.9		83.0		-0.1
		LATIN AMERICA	81.4		80.8		0.6
		PACIFIC	83.3		84.1		-0.8
PASSENGERS BOARDED			8,438,626		8,811,129		-4.2	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			170,481		169,527		0.6	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD August
			2008		2007		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		91,507,905		93,664,822		-2.3	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	58,252,370		61,068,048		-4.6
		INTERNATIONAL	33,255,535		32,596,773		2.0
		ATLANTIC	13,083,821		13,277,315		-1.5
		LATIN AMERICA	16,462,001		15,569,013		5.7
		PACIFIC	3,709,712		3,750,446		-1.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		111,847,004		113,747,756		-1.7	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	70,019,075		72,544,013		-3.5
		INTERNATIONAL	41,827,928		41,203,743		1.5
		ATLANTIC	16,522,389		16,647,323		-0.8
		LATIN AMERICA	20,845,003		20,064,986		3.9
		PACIFIC	4,460,536		4,491,434		-0.7
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		81.8	%	82.3	%	-0.5	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	83.2		84.2		-1.0
		INTERNATIONAL	79.5		79.1		0.4
		ATLANTIC	79.2		79.8		-0.6
		LATIN AMERICA	79.0		77.6		1.4
		PACIFIC	83.2		83.5		-0.3
PASSENGERS BOARDED			64,572,238		66,557,550		-3.0	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,388,164		1,401,630		-1.0	%