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American Airlines Reports March Traffic

Posted on: Friday, 3 April 2009, 08:00 CDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a March load factor of 79.2 percent, a decrease of 4.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 10.9 percent and capacity decreased 5.6 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 10.6 percent year over year on 8.2 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 11.6 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 1.1 percent.

American boarded 7.4 million passengers in March.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES March 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,321,684 11,589,953 -10.9 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,617,058 7,398,383 -10.6 INTERNATIONAL 3,704,626 4,191,570 -11.6 ATLANTIC 1,335,088 1,517,630 -12.0 LATIN AMERICA 1,902,852 2,212,269 -14.0 PACIFIC 466,686 461,672 1.1 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 13,039,064 13,808,686 -5.6 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,993,759 8,705,509 -8.2 INTERNATIONAL 5,045,305 5,103,177 -1.1 ATLANTIC 1,852,157 1,864,755 -0.7 LATIN AMERICA 2,610,013 2,714,315 -3.8 PACIFIC 583,135 524,107 11.3 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 79.2 % 83.9 % -4.8 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 82.8 85.0 -2.2 INTERNATIONAL 73.4 82.1 -8.7 ATLANTIC 72.1 81.4 -9.3 LATIN AMERICA 72.9 81.5 -8.6 PACIFIC 80.0 88.1 -8.1 PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,422,063 8,241,368 -9.9 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 133,037 174,042 -23.6 % AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YTD March 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 28,588,763 32,482,561 -12.0 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 18,068,906 20,687,567 -12.7 INTERNATIONAL 10,519,857 11,794,994 -10.8 ATLANTIC 3,580,860 4,051,392 -11.6 LATIN AMERICA 5,659,661 6,424,125 -11.9 PACIFIC 1,279,336 1,319,477 -3.0 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 37,775,328 41,044,789 -8.0 % D.O.T. DOMESTIC 23,056,022 25,819,464 -10.7 INTERNATIONAL 14,719,306 15,225,325 -3.3 ATLANTIC 5,292,867 5,497,545 -3.7 LATIN AMERICA 7,747,198 8,116,909 -4.6 PACIFIC 1,679,240 1,610,871 4.2 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 75.7 % 79.1 % -3.5 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 78.4 80.1 -1.8 INTERNATIONAL 71.5 77.5 -6.0 ATLANTIC 67.7 73.7 -6.0 LATIN AMERICA 73.1 79.1 -6.1 PACIFIC 76.2 81.9 -5.7 PASSENGERS BOARDED 20,330,805 23,050,529 -11.8 % SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 370,589 504,921 -26.6 %

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SOURCE American Airlines

Source: PR Newswire

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