American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a July load factor of 85.8 percent, a decline of 2.0 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 3.5 percent and capacity decreased 1.2 percent year over year.
Domestic traffic decreased 5.3 percent year over year on 3.0 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 0.2 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 2.0 percent.
American boarded 8.8 million passengers in July.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
July
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 12,461,750 12,911,814 -3.5 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,870,461 8,309,853 -5.3
INTERNATIONAL 4,591,289 4,601,961 -0.2
ATLANTIC 1,892,786 1,965,118 -3.7
LATIN AMERICA 2,212,771 2,154,681 2.7
PACIFIC 485,732 482,162 0.7
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,521,754 14,697,360 -1.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,017,387 9,298,773 -3.0
INTERNATIONAL 5,504,367 5,398,586 2.0
ATLANTIC 2,277,159 2,309,696 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 2,647,452 2,531,263 4.6
PACIFIC 579,756 557,628 4.0
LOAD
FACTOR
SYSTEM 85.8 % 87.9 % -2.0 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 87.3 89.4 -2.1
INTERNATIONAL 83.4 85.2 -1.8
ATLANTIC 83.1 85.1 -2.0
LATIN AMERICA 83.6 85.1 -1.5
PACIFIC 83.8 86.5 -2.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED 8,799,508 9,127,433 -3.6 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 179,645 171,973 4.5 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YTD July
2008 2007 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 79,340,184 81,142,788 -2.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 50,623,040 52,987,452 -4.5
INTERNATIONAL 28,717,144 28,155,337 2.0
ATLANTIC 11,192,706 11,356,147 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 14,299,900 13,536,143 5.6
PACIFIC 3,224,538 3,263,046 -1.2
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 97,279,008 99,015,907 -1.8 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 60,971,333 63,223,042 -3.6
INTERNATIONAL 36,307,675 35,792,865 1.4
ATLANTIC 14,240,657 14,332,405 -0.6
LATIN AMERICA 18,189,076 17,548,710 3.6
PACIFIC 3,877,943 3,911,750 -0.9
LOAD
FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.6 % 81.9 % -0.4 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83.0 83.8 -0.8
INTERNATIONAL 79.1 78.7 0.4
ATLANTIC 78.6 79.2 -0.6
LATIN AMERICA 78.6 77.1 1.5
PACIFIC 83.2 83.4 -0.3
PASSENGERS BOARDED 56,128,487 57,746,421 -2.8 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,217,489 1,232,103 -1.2 %
