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| American Airlines Reports October Traffic |
| FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov 05, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- American Airlines
reported an October load factor of 79.0 percent, a decline of 1.5 points
versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.8 percent and capacity
decreased 7.0 percent year over year.
Domestic traffic decreased 11.5 percent year over year on 10.3 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 3.6 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 1.1 percent. American boarded 7.4 million passengers in October.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
October
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 10,511,475 11,522,647 -8.8 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,651,288 7,519,252 -11.5
INTERNATIONAL 3,860,187 4,003,395 -3.6
ATLANTIC 1,685,566 1,783,969 -5.5
LATIN AMERICA 1,704,388 1,737,626 -1.9
PACIFIC 470,233 481,800 -2.4
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 13,298,589 14,304,670 -7.0 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,297,710 9,249,055 -10.3
INTERNATIONAL 5,000,879 5,055,615 -1.1
ATLANTIC 2,183,452 2,220,082 -1.6
LATIN AMERICA 2,234,032 2,256,329 -1.0
PACIFIC 583,395 579,203 0.7
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 79.0 % 80.6 % -1.5 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 80.2 81.3 -1.1
INTERNATIONAL 77.2 79.2 -2.0
ATLANTIC 77.2 80.4 -3.2
LATIN AMERICA 76.3 77.0 -0.7
PACIFIC 80.6 83.2 -2.6
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,435,471 8,181,254 -9.1 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 167,215 187,803 -11.0 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD October
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 111,874,895 116,036,923 -3.6 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 70,986,316 75,473,830 -5.9
INTERNATIONAL 40,888,579 40,563,093 0.8
ATLANTIC 16,474,625 16,885,367 -2.4
LATIN AMERICA 19,788,016 18,979,505 4.3
PACIFIC 4,625,937 4,698,221 -1.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 138,011,500 141,885,328 -2.7 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 86,317,404 90,626,887 -4.8
INTERNATIONAL 51,694,096 51,258,441 0.8
ATLANTIC 20,893,791 21,084,448 -0.9
LATIN AMERICA 25,191,953 24,545,257 2.6
PACIFIC 5,608,352 5,628,737 -0.4
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.1 % 81.8 % -0.7 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 82.2 83.3 -1.0
INTERNATIONAL 79.1 79.1 0.0
ATLANTIC 78.8 80.1 -1.2
LATIN AMERICA 78.5 77.3 1.2
PACIFIC 82.5 83.5 -1.0
PASSENGERS BOARDED 78,773,094 82,257,322 -4.2 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,714,455 1,761,863 -2.7 %
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SOURCE American Airlines |
