American Airlines Reports October Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov 04, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- American Airlines reported an October load factor of 83.1 percent, an increase of 4.0 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.6 percent and capacity decreased 7.3 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 3.2 percent year over year on 7.3 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 1.6 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 7.2 percent.

American boarded 7.1 million passengers in October.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES October 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,239,726 10,511,119 -2.6 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,440,605 6,651,040 -3.2 INTERNATIONAL 3,799,121 3,860,079 -1.6 ATLANTIC 1,660,283 1,685,834 -1.5 LATIN AMERICA 1,693,029 1,704,014 -0.6 PACIFIC 445,809 470,231 -5.2 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 12,328,443 13,297,942 -7.3 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,687,569 8,297,312 -7.3 INTERNATIONAL 4,640,874 5,000,631 -7.2 ATLANTIC 1,981,369 2,183,515 -9.3 LATIN AMERICA 2,104,618 2,233,794 -5.8 PACIFIC 554,887 583,322 -4.9 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 83.1 % 79.0 % 4.0 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83.8 80.2 3.6 INTERNATIONAL 81.9 77.2 4.7 ATLANTIC 83.8 77.2 6.6 LATIN AMERICA 80.4 76.3 4.2 PACIFIC 80.3 80.6 -0.3 PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,122,518 7,437,440 -4.2 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 158,135 167,317 -5.5 % AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YTD October 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 102,729,706 111,874,539 -8.2 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 64,470,947 70,986,068 -9.2 INTERNATIONAL 38,258,759 40,888,470 -6.4 ATLANTIC 15,835,670 16,474,893 -3.9 LATIN AMERICA 17,967,302 19,787,643 -9.2 PACIFIC 4,455,787 4,625,935 -3.7 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 127,187,015 138,010,853 -7.8 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 77,720,433 86,317,006 -10.0 INTERNATIONAL 49,466,582 51,693,848 -4.3 ATLANTIC 20,240,108 20,893,854 -3.1 LATIN AMERICA 23,589,764 25,191,715 -6.4 PACIFIC 5,636,709 5,608,278 0.5 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 80.8 % 81.1 % -0.3 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83.0 82.2 0.7 INTERNATIONAL 77.3 79.1 -1.8 ATLANTIC 78.2 78.9 -0.6 LATIN AMERICA 76.2 78.5 -2.4 PACIFIC 79.0 82.5 -3.4 PASSENGERS BOARDED 71,951,786 78,775,063 -8.7 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,343,442 1,714,558 -21.6 % AmericanAirlines(R) We know why you fly(R) Current AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) releases can be accessed on the Internet.

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