AMR Corporation : American Airlines Reports December Traffic

/ -- American Airlines reported a December load factor of 80.8 percent, an increase of 0.2 points versus the same period last year. Capacity was lower by 1.2 percent, while traffic was lower 0.9 percent year-over-year.

International traffic increased 3.7 percent relative to last year as capacity increased 3.4 percent, resulting in an increase in international load factor of 0.2 points versus December of last year. Domestic load factor was 81.1 percent, an increase of 0.2 points year-over-year. Domestic capacity and traffic were lower by 4.2 and 3.9 percent year-over-year respectively.

American boarded 7.0 million passengers in December.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			December
			2011		2010		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		10,232,953		10,330,411		-0.9	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	6,064,211		6,308,823		-3.9
		INTERNATIONAL	4,168,742		4,021,588		3.7
		ATLANTIC	1,347,171		1,286,066		4.8
		LATIN AMERICA	2,250,331		2,209,850		1.8
		PACIFIC	571,240		525,671		8.7
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		12,659,412		12,816,380		-1.2	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,481,581		7,807,374		-4.2
		INTERNATIONAL	5,177,831		5,009,006		3.4
		ATLANTIC	1,656,760		1,577,620		5.0
		LATIN AMERICA	2,820,943		2,775,208		1.6
		PACIFIC	700,128		656,178		6.7
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		80.8	%	80.6	%	0.2	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	81.1		80.8		0.2
		INTERNATIONAL	80.5		80.3		0.2
		ATLANTIC	81.3		81.5		-0.2
		LATIN AMERICA	79.8		79.6		0.1
		PACIFIC	81.6		80.1		1.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED			7,006,671		7,136,809		-1.8	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			143,818		151,652		-5.2	%

Note: All load factor numbers rounded to nearest tenth of a percent.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			YEAR-TO-DATE December
			2011		2010		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		126,443,572		125,446,318		0.8	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	76,254,540		77,237,597		-1.3
		INTERNATIONAL	50,189,032		48,208,721		4.1
		ATLANTIC	19,062,371		18,843,743		1.2
		LATIN AMERICA	24,235,271		23,191,425		4.5
		PACIFIC	6,891,390		6,173,554		11.6
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		154,254,293		153,180,417		0.7	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	91,600,505		93,134,554		-1.6
		INTERNATIONAL	62,653,788		60,045,864		4.3
		ATLANTIC	23,834,431		23,231,448		2.6
		LATIN AMERICA	29,991,357		29,406,019		2.0
		PACIFIC	8,828,000		7,408,397		19.2
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		82	%	81.9	%	0.1	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	83.2		82.9		0.3
		INTERNATIONAL	80.1		80.3		-0.2
		ATLANTIC	80		81.1		-1.1
		LATIN AMERICA	80.8		78.9		1.9
		PACIFIC	78.1		83.3		-5.3
PASSENGERS BOARDED			86,040,135		86,129,130		-0.1	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,782,922		1,885,742		-5.5	%

Note: All load factor numbers rounded to nearest tenth of a percent.

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