American Airlines Reports September Traffic

October 3, 2008 8:45 AM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a September load factor of 76.6 percent, a decline of 1.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 9.1 percent and capacity decreased 7.0 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 11.7 percent year over year on 9.4 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 4.8 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 2.7 percent.

    American boarded 6.8 million passengers in September.


                     AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                          EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                              September
                                         2008            2007        CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                         9,858,291      10,849,454        -9.1 %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC              6,083,733       6,886,530       -11.7
        INTERNATIONAL                3,774,558       3,962,924        -4.8
        ATLANTIC                     1,702,667       1,824,083        -6.7
        LATIN AMERICA                1,625,904       1,672,865        -2.8
        PACIFIC                        445,987         465,976        -4.3
     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                        12,869,750      13,832,902        -7.0 %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC              8,003,291       8,833,819        -9.4
        INTERNATIONAL                4,866,459       4,999,083        -2.7
        ATLANTIC                     2,184,973       2,217,043        -1.4
        LATIN AMERICA                2,116,918       2,223,942        -4.8
        PACIFIC                        564,568         558,099         1.2
     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                              76.6 %          78.4 %      -1.8 Pts
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   76.0            78.0        -1.9
        INTERNATIONAL                     77.6            79.3        -1.7
        ATLANTIC                          77.9            82.3        -4.3
        LATIN AMERICA                     76.8            75.2         1.6
        PACIFIC                           79.0            83.5        -4.5
     PASSENGERS BOARDED              6,762,979       7,518,518       -10.0 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)      159,128         172,429        -7.7 %




                     AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                          EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                            YTD September
                                         2008            2007        CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       101,363,593     104,514,276        -3.0 %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC             64,334,624      67,954,578        -5.3
        INTERNATIONAL               37,028,969      36,559,698         1.3
        ATLANTIC                    14,789,107      15,101,398        -2.1
        LATIN AMERICA               18,084,154      17,241,878         4.9
        PACIFIC                      4,155,708       4,216,421        -1.4
     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       124,713,362     127,580,658        -2.2 %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC             78,019,596      81,377,832        -4.1
        INTERNATIONAL               46,693,766      46,202,827         1.1
        ATLANTIC                    18,710,221      18,864,366        -0.8
        LATIN AMERICA               22,958,516      22,288,928         3.0
        PACIFIC                      5,025,029       5,049,533        -0.5
     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                              81.3 %          81.9 %      -0.6 Pts
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   82.5            83.5        -1.0
        INTERNATIONAL                     79.3            79.1         0.2
        ATLANTIC                          79.0            80.1        -1.0
        LATIN AMERICA                     78.8            77.4         1.4
        PACIFIC                           82.7            83.5        -0.8
     PASSENGERS BOARDED             71,335,876      74,076,068        -3.7 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)    1,547,449       1,574,060        -1.7 %


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SOURCE American Airlines, Inc.


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