American Airlines Reports December Traffic.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines reported that December traffic increased 1.8 percent and capacity increased 1.8 percent year over year. December load factor was 80.6 percent, matching the same period last year. Domestic traffic increased 0.5 percent year over year on 0.4 percent more capacity. International traffic increased by 3.9 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 4.0 percent.

American boarded 7.1 million passengers in December.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			December
			2010		2009		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		10,333,602		10,154,332		1.8	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	6,310,233		6,280,883		0.5
		INTERNATIONAL	4,023,369		3,873,449		3.9
		ATLANTIC	1,286,057		1,412,643		-9.0
		LATIN AMERICA	2,211,647		2,005,121		10.3
		PACIFIC	525,665		455,685		15.4
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		12,820,622		12,599,508		1.8	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,809,569		7,780,144		0.4
		INTERNATIONAL	5,011,053		4,819,364		4.0
		ATLANTIC	1,577,632		1,698,326		-7.1
		LATIN AMERICA	2,777,192		2,556,742		8.6
		PACIFIC	656,229		564,296		16.3
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		80.6	%	80.6	%	0	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	80.8		80.7		0.1
		INTERNATIONAL	80.3		80.4		-0.1
		ATLANTIC	81.5		83.2		-1.7
		LATIN AMERICA	79.6		78.4		1.2
		PACIFIC	80.1		80.8		-0.6
PASSENGERS BOARDED			7,135,049		7,076,938		0.8	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			151,632		151,703		0	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			YEAR-TO-DATE December
			2010		2009		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		125,449,510		122,375,278		2.5	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	77,239,007		76,722,517		0.7
		INTERNATIONAL	48,210,503		45,652,761		5.6
		ATLANTIC	18,843,734		18,570,643		1.5
		LATIN AMERICA	23,193,221		21,744,513		6.7
		PACIFIC	6,173,548		5,337,605		15.7
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		153,184,659		151,709,372		1.0	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	93,136,748		92,924,678		0.2
		INTERNATIONAL	60,047,911		58,784,695		2.1
		ATLANTIC	23,231,460		23,675,751		-1.9
		LATIN AMERICA	29,408,003		28,363,559		3.7
		PACIFIC	7,408,448		6,745,384		9.8
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		81.9	%	80.7	%	1.2	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	82.9		82.6		0.4
		INTERNATIONAL	80.3		77.7		2.6
		ATLANTIC	81.1		78.4		2.7
		LATIN AMERICA	78.9		76.7		2.2
		PACIFIC	83.3		79.1		4.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED			86,127,370		85,720,496		0.5	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,885,722		1,656,094		13.9	%

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SOURCE American Airlines