FORT WORTH, Texas,
Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines
reported a September load factor of 76.6 percent, a decline of 1.8 points
versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 9.1 percent and capacity
decreased 7.0 percent year over year.
Domestic traffic decreased 11.7 percent year over year on 9.4 percent less
capacity. International traffic decreased by 4.8 percent relative to last year
on a capacity decrease of 2.7 percent.
American boarded 6.8 million passengers in September.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
September
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,858,291 10,849,454 -9.1 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,083,733 6,886,530 -11.7
INTERNATIONAL 3,774,558 3,962,924 -4.8
ATLANTIC 1,702,667 1,824,083 -6.7
LATIN AMERICA 1,625,904 1,672,865 -2.8
PACIFIC 445,987 465,976 -4.3
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 12,869,750 13,832,902 -7.0 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,003,291 8,833,819 -9.4
INTERNATIONAL 4,866,459 4,999,083 -2.7
ATLANTIC 2,184,973 2,217,043 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 2,116,918 2,223,942 -4.8
PACIFIC 564,568 558,099 1.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 76.6 % 78.4 % -1.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 76.0 78.0 -1.9
INTERNATIONAL 77.6 79.3 -1.7
ATLANTIC 77.9 82.3 -4.3
LATIN AMERICA 76.8 75.2 1.6
PACIFIC 79.0 83.5 -4.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED 6,762,979 7,518,518 -10.0 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 159,128 172,429 -7.7 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD September
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 101,363,593 104,514,276 -3.0 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 64,334,624 67,954,578 -5.3
INTERNATIONAL 37,028,969 36,559,698 1.3
ATLANTIC 14,789,107 15,101,398 -2.1
LATIN AMERICA 18,084,154 17,241,878 4.9
PACIFIC 4,155,708 4,216,421 -1.4
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 124,713,362 127,580,658 -2.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 78,019,596 81,377,832 -4.1
INTERNATIONAL 46,693,766 46,202,827 1.1
ATLANTIC 18,710,221 18,864,366 -0.8
LATIN AMERICA 22,958,516 22,288,928 3.0
PACIFIC 5,025,029 5,049,533 -0.5
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.3 % 81.9 % -0.6 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 82.5 83.5 -1.0
INTERNATIONAL 79.3 79.1 0.2
ATLANTIC 79.0 80.1 -1.0
LATIN AMERICA 78.8 77.4 1.4
PACIFIC 82.7 83.5 -0.8
PASSENGERS BOARDED 71,335,876 74,076,068 -3.7 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,547,449 1,574,060 -1.7 %
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