American Airlines Reports September Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported
a September load factor of 79.4 percent, an increase of 2.8 points versus the
same period last year. Traffic decreased 3.5 percent and capacity decreased
6.9 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 2.6 percent year over year on 6.9 percent less
capacity. International traffic decreased by 4.9 percent relative to last
year on a capacity decrease of 7.0 percent.

American boarded 6.5 million passengers in September.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

September
2009 2008 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,515,376 9,858,118 -3.5 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 5,927,012 6,084,138 -2.6
INTERNATIONAL 3,588,364 3,773,980 -4.9
ATLANTIC 1,635,040 1,702,619 -4.0
LATIN AMERICA 1,543,532 1,625,378 -5.0
PACIFIC 409,792 445,983 -8.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,980,753 12,869,299 -6.9 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,453,491 8,003,389 -6.9
INTERNATIONAL 4,527,262 4,865,910 -7.0
ATLANTIC 2,005,119 2,185,091 -8.2
LATIN AMERICA 1,989,334 2,116,323 -6.0
PACIFIC 532,809 564,496 -5.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 79.4 % 76.6 % 2.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 79.5 76.0 3.5
INTERNATIONAL 79.3 77.6 1.7
ATLANTIC 81.5 77.9 3.6
LATIN AMERICA 77.6 76.8 0.8
PACIFIC 76.9 79.0 -2.1
PASSENGERS BOARDED 6,512,308 6,764,726 -3.7 %

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 140,981 158,920 -11.3 %

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

YTD September
2009 2008 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 92,487,956 101,363,420 -8.8 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 58,030,067 64,335,028 -9.8
INTERNATIONAL 34,457,889 37,028,392 -6.9
ATLANTIC 14,175,429 14,789,059 -4.1
LATIN AMERICA 16,272,485 18,083,628 -10.0
PACIFIC 4,009,975 4,155,704 -3.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 114,856,184 124,712,911 -7.9 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 70,032,550 78,019,694 -10.2
INTERNATIONAL 44,823,635 46,693,217 -4.0
ATLANTIC 18,258,751 18,710,339 -2.4
LATIN AMERICA 21,482,994 22,957,921 -6.4
PACIFIC 5,081,890 5,024,957 1.1
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 80.5 % 81.3 % -0.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 82.9 82.5 0.4
INTERNATIONAL 76.9 79.3 -2.4
ATLANTIC 77.6 79.0 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 75.7 78.8 -3.0
PACIFIC 78.9 82.7 -3.8
PASSENGERS BOARDED 64,826,143 71,337,623 -9.1 %

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,185,063 1,547,240 -23.4 %

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SOURCE American Airlines

Tim Wagner, Corporate Communications of American Airlines, +1-817-967-1577,
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