American Airlines Reports June Traffic

July 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a June load factor of 85.5 percent, a decline of 1.7 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 3.1 percent and capacity decreased 1.2 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 4.7 percent year over year on 2.8 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 0.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 1.6 percent.

    American boarded 8.4 million passengers in June.



                      AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                            EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                   June
                                             2008        2007      CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                             11,849,111  12,228,286    -3.1 %

                          D.O.T. DOMESTIC  7,573,026   7,949,593    -4.7
                          INTERNATIONAL    4,276,085   4,278,692    -0.1
                          ATLANTIC         1,861,498   1,937,427    -3.9
                          LATIN AMERICA    1,911,422   1,834,491     4.2
                          PACIFIC            503,165     506,774    -0.7

     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                             13,863,440  14,029,520    -1.2 %

                          D.O.T. DOMESTIC  8,633,486   8,880,362    -2.8
                          INTERNATIONAL    5,229,954   5,149,158     1.6
                          ATLANTIC         2,236,606   2,226,297     0.5
                          LATIN AMERICA    2,429,083   2,361,714     2.9
                          PACIFIC            564,265     561,147     0.6

     LOAD FACTOR
       SYSTEM                                   85.5 %      87.2 %  -1.7 Pts

                          D.O.T. DOMESTIC       87.7        89.5    -1.8
                          INTERNATIONAL         81.8        83.1    -1.3
                          ATLANTIC              83.2        87.0    -3.8
                          LATIN AMERICA         78.7        77.7     1.0
                          PACIFIC               89.2        90.3    -1.1

     PASSENGERS BOARDED                    8,406,511   8,658,269    -2.9 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON
     MILES (000)                             174,253     169,004     3.1 %



                      AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                            EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                 YTD June
                                          2008         2007        CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                          66,877,695   68,230,975      -2.0 %

                         D.O.T.
                         DOMESTIC      42,752,416   44,677,599       -4.3
                         INTERNATIONAL 24,125,278   23,553,376        2.4
                         ATLANTIC       9,299,209    9,391,029       -1.0
                         LATIN AMERICA 12,087,265   11,381,462        6.2
                         PACIFIC        2,738,804    2,780,885       -1.5

     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                          82,756,175   84,318,548       -1.9 %

                         D.O.T.
                         DOMESTIC      51,954,109   53,924,269       -3.7
                         INTERNATIONAL 30,802,066   30,394,279        1.3
                         ATLANTIC      11,962,655   12,022,710       -0.5
                         LATIN AMERICA 15,541,155   15,017,447        3.5
                         PACIFIC        3,298,256    3,354,122       -1.7

     LOAD FACTOR
       SYSTEM                                80.8 %       80.9 %     -0.1  Pts

                         D.O.T.
                         DOMESTIC            82.3         82.9       -0.6
                         INTERNATIONAL       78.3         77.5        0.8
                         ATLANTIC            77.7         78.1       -0.4
                         LATIN AMERICA       77.8         75.8        2.0
                         PACIFIC             83.0         82.9        0.1

     PASSENGERS BOARDED                47,325,882   48,618,988       -2.7 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON
     MILES (000)                        1,037,850    1,060,130       -2.1 %



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SOURCE American Airlines


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