American Airlines, the world's largest airline and a member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, reported an October load factor of 80.6 percent -- an increase of 3.0 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 3.6 percent year over year as capacity decreased 0.2 percent.
Domestic traffic increased 2.8 percent year over year on 1.1 percent more capacity. International traffic increased by 5.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 2.5 percent.
American boarded 8.2 million passengers in October.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
October
2007 2006 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,526,471 11,124,314 3.6 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,520,845 7,314,785 2.8
INTERNATIONAL 4,005,626 3,809,528 5.1
ATLANTIC 1,784,800 1,655,907 7.8
LATIN AMERICA 1,739,031 1,598,541 8.8
PACIFIC 481,795 555,081 -13.2
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,309,605 14,339,922 -0.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,250,992 9,152,984 1.1
INTERNATIONAL 5,058,613 5,186,938 -2.5
ATLANTIC 2,221,055 2,236,269 -0.7
LATIN AMERICA 2,258,290 2,223,555 1.6
PACIFIC 579,268 727,114 -20.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 80.6 % 77.6 % 3.0 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 81.3 79.9 1.4
INTERNATIONAL 79.2 73.4 5.8
ATLANTIC 80.4 74.0 6.4
LATIN AMERICA 77.0 71.9 5.1
PACIFIC 83.2 76.3 6.9
PASSENGERS
BOARDED 8,180,270 7,852,672 4.2 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 187,812 200,143 -6.2 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE October
2007 2006 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 116,040,747 117,333,301 -1.1 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 75,475,423 76,461,599 -1.3
INTERNATIONAL 40,565,324 40,871,702 -0.7
ATLANTIC 16,886,198 17,117,315 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 18,980,909 18,305,294 3.7
PACIFIC 4,698,216 5,449,094 -13.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 141,890,263 146,165,247 -2.9 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 90,628,824 93,397,924 -3.0
INTERNATIONAL 51,261,440 52,767,323 -2.9
ATLANTIC 21,085,421 21,323,586 -1.1
LATIN AMERICA 24,547,218 24,418,655 0.5
PACIFIC 5,628,801 7,025,083 -19.9
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.8 % 80.3 % 1.5 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83.3 81.9 1.4
INTERNATIONAL 79.1 77.5 1.6
ATLANTIC 80.1 80.3 -0.2
LATIN AMERICA 77.3 75.0 2.3
PACIFIC 83.5 77.6 5.9
PASSENGERS
BOARDED 82,256,338 82,378,905 -0.1 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,761,872 1,840,350 -4.3 %
