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American Airlines Reports June Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas , July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a June load factor of 85.1 percent, a decrease of 0.3 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.1 percent and capacity decreased 7.8 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 10.1 percent year over year on 10.6 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 4.5 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 3.1 percent.

American boarded 7.6 million passengers in June.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

                      AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                    COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                           EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                             June
                                    2009               2008       CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER
      MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                    10,888,537         11,849,851     -8.1%
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC          6,806,099          7,573,189    -10.1
         INTERNATIONAL            4,082,438          4,276,662     -4.5
         ATLANTIC                 1,865,777          1,862,209      0.2
         LATIN AMERICA            1,737,077          1,911,286     -9.1
         PACIFIC                    479,584            503,167     -4.7
     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                    12,788,921         13,864,519     -7.8%
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC          7,720,642          8,633,323    -10.6
         INTERNATIONAL            5,068,279          5,231,196     -3.1
         ATLANTIC                 2,220,082          2,237,449     -0.8
         LATIN AMERICA            2,286,784          2,429,552     -5.9
         PACIFIC                    561,413            564,195     -0.5
     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                           85.1%              85.5%    -0.3 Pts
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC               88.2               87.7      0.4
         INTERNATIONAL                 80.5               81.8     -1.2
         ATLANTIC                      84.0               83.2      0.8
         LATIN AMERICA                 76.0               78.7     -2.7
         PACIFIC                       85.4               89.2     -3.8
     PASSENGERS BOARDED           7,623,599          8,409,608     -9.3%

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)   133,094            174,247    -23.6%

                    AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                         EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                           YTD June
                                   2009               2008      CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER
      MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                    60,140,696         66,878,434   -10.1%
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC         37,936,937         42,752,579   -11.3
         INTERNATIONAL           22,203,759         24,125,855    -8.0
         ATLANTIC                 8,782,694          9,299,920    -5.6
         LATIN AMERICA           10,769,543         12,087,129   -10.9
         PACIFIC                  2,651,522          2,738,806    -3.2
     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                    76,323,234         82,757,254    -7.8%
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC         46,456,146         51,953,946   -10.6
         INTERNATIONAL           29,867,088         30,803,308    -3.0
         ATLANTIC                11,738,518         11,963,498    -1.9
         LATIN AMERICA           14,740,266         15,541,624    -5.2
         PACIFIC                  3,388,304          3,298,187     2.7
     LOAD FACTOR
       SYSTEM                          78.8%              80.8%   -2.0 Pts
         D.O.T. DOMESTIC               81.7               82.3    -0.6
         INTERNATIONAL                 74.3               78.3    -4.0
         ATLANTIC                      74.8               77.7    -2.9
         LATIN AMERICA                 73.1               77.8    -4.7
         PACIFIC                       78.3               83.0    -4.8
     PASSENGERS BOARDED          42,423,023         47,328,979   -10.4%

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)   769,516          1,037,844   -25.9%

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SOURCE American Airlines

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