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American Airlines Reports December Traffic

Posted on: Monday, 5 January 2009, 15:30 CST

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a December load factor of 79.2 percent, an increase of 0.4 point versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.2 percent and capacity decreased 8.6 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 9.6 percent year over year on 11.8 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 5.7 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 3.2 percent.

American boarded 7.3 million passengers in December.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES December 2008 2007 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,320,561 11,237,764 -8.2 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,416,039 7,095,430 -9.6 INTERNATIONAL 3,904,522 4,142,334 -5.7 ATLANTIC 1,471,143 1,598,295 -8.0 LATIN AMERICA 1,980,242 2,088,718 -5.2 PACIFIC 453,137 455,321 -0.5 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 13,030,684 14,253,769 -8.6 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,924,082 8,980,955 -11.8 INTERNATIONAL 5,106,602 5,272,814 -3.2 ATLANTIC 1,873,329 1,962,879 -4.6 LATIN AMERICA 2,669,298 2,731,753 -2.3 PACIFIC 563,975 578,182 -2.5 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 79.2 % 78.8 % 0.4 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 81.0 79.0 2.0 INTERNATIONAL 76.5 78.6 -2.1 ATLANTIC 78.5 81.4 -2.9 LATIN AMERICA 74.2 76.5 -2.3 PACIFIC 80.3 78.8 1.6 PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,277,173 7,923,725 -8.2 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 134,673 179,969 -25.2 % AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YTD December 2008 2007 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 131,730,196 138,420,711 -4.8 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83,288,032 89,861,756 -7.3 INTERNATIONAL 48,442,164 48,558,955 -0.2 ATLANTIC 19,342,737 20,012,548 -3.3 LATIN AMERICA 23,587,855 22,939,361 2.8 PACIFIC 5,511,573 5,607,047 -1.7 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 163,491,258 169,861,601 -3.8 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 101,816,192 108,523,067 -6.2 INTERNATIONAL 61,675,066 61,338,534 0.5 ATLANTIC 24,598,295 24,951,564 -1.4 LATIN AMERICA 30,340,731 29,621,586 2.4 PACIFIC 6,736,041 6,765,385 -0.4 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 80.6 % 81.5 % -0.9 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 81.8 82.8 -1.0 INTERNATIONAL 78.5 79.2 -0.6 ATLANTIC 78.6 80.2 -1.6 LATIN AMERICA 77.7 77.4 0.3 PACIFIC 81.8 82.9 -1.1 PASSENGERS BOARDED 92,770,940 98,165,082 -5.5 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 2,005,230 2,122,031 -5.5 %

Current AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) releases can be accessed on the Internet.

The address is http://www.aa.com

SOURCE American Airlines

Source: PR Newswire

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