American Airlines reported a March load factor of 83.9 percent -- an improvement of 1.5 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.8 percent year over year as capacity decreased 4.6 percent.
Domestic traffic decreased 5.9 percent year over year on 6.7 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 3.0 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 0.6 percent.
American boarded 8.2 million passengers in March.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
March
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,595,395 11,933,419 -2.8 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,398,997 7,860,017 -5.9
INTERNATIONAL 4,196,398 4,073,402 3.0
ATLANTIC 1,518,451 1,521,640 -0.2
LATIN AMERICA 2,216,273 2,045,369 8.4
PACIFIC 461,674 506,393 -8.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 13,816,473 14,476,789 -4.6 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,707,248 9,335,240 -6.7
INTERNATIONAL 5,109,225 5,141,549 -0.6
ATLANTIC 1,865,638 1,901,153 -1.9
LATIN AMERICA 2,719,426 2,667,573 1.9
PACIFIC 524,161 572,823 -8.5
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 83.9 % 82.4 % 1.5 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 85.0 84.2 0.8
INTERNATIONAL 82.1 79.2 2.9
ATLANTIC 81.4 80.0 1.4
LATIN AMERICA 81.5 76.7 4.8
PACIFIC 88.1 88.4 -0.3
PASSENGERS BOARDED 8,238,862 8,580,751 -4.0 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON
MILES (000) 174,239 190,584 -8.6 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD March
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 32,488,003 32,566,505 -0.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 20,688,181 21,341,106 -3.1
INTERNATIONAL 11,799,822 11,225,399 5.1
ATLANTIC 4,052,213 3,940,384 2.8
LATIN AMERICA 6,428,129 5,927,820 8.4
PACIFIC 1,319,479 1,357,195 -2.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 41,052,576 41,680,869 -1.5 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 25,821,203 26,800,654 -3.7
INTERNATIONAL 15,231,373 14,880,214 2.4
ATLANTIC 5,498,428 5,409,816 1.6
LATIN AMERICA 8,122,019 7,816,883 3.9
PACIFIC 1,610,926 1,653,516 -2.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 79.1 % 78.1 % 1.0 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 80.1 79.6 0.5
INTERNATIONAL 77.5 75.4 2.0
ATLANTIC 73.7 72.8 0.9
LATIN AMERICA 79.1 75.8 3.3
PACIFIC 81.9 82.1 -0.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED 23,048,023 23,304,354 -1.1 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON
MILES (000) 505,118 523,712 -3.6 %
