American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a January load factor of 76.6 percent -- an improvement of 1.3 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 0.2 percent year over year as capacity decreased 1.5 percent.
Domestic traffic decreased 2.2 percent year over year on 3.6 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 4.4 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 2.1 percent.
American boarded 7.7 million passengers in January.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
January
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 10,915,612 10,897,851 0.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,851,635 7,006,478 -2.2
INTERNATIONAL 4,063,977 3,891,373 4.4
ATLANTIC 1,352,817 1,326,019 2.0
LATIN AMERICA 2,250,535 2,099,766 7.2
PACIFIC 460,625 465,587 -1.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,256,942 14,481,274 -1.5 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,944,210 9,276,035 -3.6
INTERNATIONAL 5,312,732 5,205,239 2.1
ATLANTIC 1,908,538 1,871,384 2.0
LATIN AMERICA 2,828,705 2,756,759 2.6
PACIFIC 575,489 577,096 -0.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 76.6 % 75.3 % 1.3 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 76.6 75.5 1.1
INTERNATIONAL 76.5 74.8 1.7
ATLANTIC 70.9 70.9 0.0
LATIN AMERICA 79.6 76.2 3.4
PACIFIC 80 80.7 -0.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,668,103 7,685,180 -0.2 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 164,440 167,256 -1.7 %