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American Airlines Reports February Traffic

Posted on: Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 08:00 CST

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a February load factor of 73.9 percent, a decrease of 2.9 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 13.5 percent and capacity decreased 10.1 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 13.7 percent year over year on 12.4 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 13.2 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 6.3 percent.

American boarded 6.2 million passengers in February.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES February 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 8,626,990 9,978,738 -13.5 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 5,554,968 6,439,362 -13.7 INTERNATIONAL 3,072,022 3,539,377 -13.2 ATLANTIC 1,008,749 1,182,505 -14.7 LATIN AMERICA 1,698,250 1,959,697 -13.3 PACIFIC 365,023 397,174 -8.1 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 11,669,972 12,983,662 -10.1 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,161,901 8,172,293 -12.4 INTERNATIONAL 4,508,071 4,811,369 -6.3 ATLANTIC 1,608,738 1,726,113 -6.8 LATIN AMERICA 2,381,070 2,573,912 -7.5 PACIFIC 518,263 511,343 1.4 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 73.9 % 76.9 % -2.9 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 77.6 78.8 -1.2 INTERNATIONAL 68.1 73.6 -5.4 ATLANTIC 62.7 68.5 -5.8 LATIN AMERICA 71.3 76.1 -4.8 PACIFIC 70.4 77.7 -7.2 PASSENGERS BOARDED 6,209,248 7,139,433 -13.0 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 117,026 166,270 -29.6 %

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YTD February 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 18,265,116 20,892,608 -12.6 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 11,450,969 13,289,184 -13.8 INTERNATIONAL 6,814,147 7,603,424 -10.4 ATLANTIC 2,245,775 2,533,762 -11.4 LATIN AMERICA 3,755,719 4,211,856 -10.8 PACIFIC 812,653 857,805 -5.3 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 24,735,415 27,236,103 -9.2 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 15,061,792 17,113,955 -12.0 INTERNATIONAL 9,673,623 10,122,148 -4.4 ATLANTIC 3,440,680 3,632,790 -5.3 LATIN AMERICA 5,136,773 5,402,593 -4.9 PACIFIC 1,096,170 1,086,765 0.9 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 73.8 % 76.7 % -2.9 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 76.0 77.7 -1.6 INTERNATIONAL 70.4 75.1 -4.7 ATLANTIC 65.3 69.7 -4.5 LATIN AMERICA 73.1 78.0 -4.8 PACIFIC 74.1 78.9 -4.8 PASSENGERS BOARDED 12,905,886 14,809,161 -12.9 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 237,570 330,879 -28.2 %

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