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| American Airlines Reports February Traffic |
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a February load factor of 76.9 percent -- an improvement of 0.3 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 2.5 percent year over year as capacity increased 2.0 percent. Domestic traffic decreased 0.5 percent year over year on 0.2 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 8.4 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 6.0 percent. American boarded 7.1 million passengers in February. About American Airlines American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, the AmericanConnection(R) airlines, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR)
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
February
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,974,716 9,735,235 2.5 %
D.O.T. -
DOMESTIC 6,439,062 6,474,611 0.5
INTERNATIONAL 3,535,654 3,260,624 8.4
ATLANTIC 1,181,671 1,092,725 8.1
LATIN
AMERICA 1,956,810 1,782,684 9.8
PACIFIC 397,173 385,215 3.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 12,979,365 12,722,806 2.0 %
D.O.T. -
DOMESTIC 8,172,333 8,189,379 0.2
INTERNATIONAL 4,807,032 4,533,427 6.0
ATLANTIC 1,725,317 1,637,279 5.4
LATIN
AMERICA 2,570,310 2,392,551 7.4
PACIFIC 511,405 503,597 1.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 76.9 % 76.5 % 0.3 Pts
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 78.8 79.1 -0.3
INTERNATIONAL 73.6 71.9 1.6
ATLANTIC 68.5 66.7 1.7
LATIN
AMERICA 76.1 74.5 1.6
PACIFIC 77.7 76.5 1.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,135,157 7,038,423 1.4 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)
165,912 165,872 0.0 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD February
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 20,888,586 20,633,086 1.2 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 13,288,885 13,481,089 -1.4
INTERNATIONAL 7,599,701 7,151,997 6.3
ATLANTIC 2,532,928 2,418,744 4.7
LATIN
AMERICA 4,208,969 3,882,450 8.4
PACIFIC 857,804 850,802 0.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 27,231,806 27,204,080 0.1 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 17,113,995 17,465,414 -2.0
INTERNATIONAL 10,117,811 9,738,666 3.9
ATLANTIC 3,631,993 3,508,662 3.5
LATIN
AMERICA 5,398,991 5,149,310 4.8
PACIFIC 1,086,827 1,080,693 0.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 76.7 % 75.8 % 0.9 Pts
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 77.6 77.2 0.5
INTERNATIONAL 75.1 73.4 1.7
ATLANTIC 69.7 68.9 0.8
LATIN
AMERICA 78.0 75.4 2.6
PACIFIC 78.9 78.7 0.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED 14,804,885 14,723,603 0.6 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)
330,520 333,128 -0.8 %
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SOURCE American Airlines
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/CONTACT: Tim Wagner, Corporate Communications of American Airlines,
+1-817-967-1577, corp.comm@aa.com/
/Web site: http://www.aa.com/
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CO: American Airlines
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