American Airlines Reports 79.2% May Load Factor

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 3, 2009 -- American Airlines reported a May load factor of 79.2 percent, a decrease of 2.6 points versus the same period last year.

Traffic decreased 11.7 percent and capacity decreased 8.8 percent year over year.

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Domestic traffic decreased 13.3 percent year over year on 12.4 percent less capacity.

International traffic decreased by 8.9 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 2.7 percent.

American boarded 7.2 million passengers in May.

Detailed traffic and capacity data follow:

                      AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                     COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                           EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                               May
                                         2009            2008       CHANGE

     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       10,380,751      11,757,709       -11.7%
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC  6,563,903       7,569,604       -13.3
                   INTERNATIONAL    3,816,848       4,188,105        -8.9
                   ATLANTIC         1,765,474       1,798,062        -1.8
                   LATIN AMERICA    1,595,713       1,901,411       -16.1
                   PACIFIC            455,661         488,632        -6.7

     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       13,114,908      14,388,066        -8.8%
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC  7,946,089       9,075,694       -12.4
                   INTERNATIONAL    5,168,819       5,312,371        -2.7
                   ATLANTIC         2,258,736       2,246,317         0.6
                   LATIN AMERICA    2,326,702       2,488,863        -6.5
                   PACIFIC            583,381         577,192         1.1

     LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                             79.2%           81.7%       -2.6 Pts
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC       82.6            83.4        -0.8
                   INTERNATIONAL         73.8            78.8        -5.0
                   ATLANTIC              78.2            80.0        -1.9
                   LATIN AMERICA         68.6            76.4        -7.8
                   PACIFIC               78.1            84.7        -6.5
     PASSENGERS BOARDED             7,220,820       8,322,739       -13.2%

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)     137,734         183,449       -24.9%


                        AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                       COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                             EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                              YTD May
                                         2009            2008       CHANGE

     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       49,252,248      55,028,584       -10.5%
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC 31,131,337      35,179,390       -11.5
                   INTERNATIONAL   18,120,911      19,849,193        -8.7
                   ATLANTIC         6,917,262       7,437,711        -7.0
                   LATIN AMERICA    9,031,699      10,175,843       -11.2
                   PACIFIC          2,171,950       2,235,639        -2.8

     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                       63,533,592      68,892,735        -7.8%
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC 38,735,859      43,320,623       -10.6
                   INTERNATIONAL   24,797,733      25,572,112        -3.0
                   ATLANTIC         9,518,475       9,726,049        -2.1
                   LATIN AMERICA   12,452,293      13,112,072        -5.0
                   PACIFIC          2,826,965       2,733,991         3.4

     LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM                  77.5%           79.9%       -2.4 Pts
                   D.O.T. DOMESTIC       80.4            81.2        -0.8
                   INTERNATIONAL         73.1            77.6        -4.5
                   ATLANTIC              72.7            76.5        -3.8
                   LATIN AMERICA         72.5            77.6        -5.1
                   PACIFIC               76.8            81.8        -4.9
     PASSENGERS BOARDED            34,795,776      38,919,371       -10.6%

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)     636,305         863,597       -26.3%

Source: American Airlines (NYSE:AMR)