FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported an October load factor of 83.1 percent, an increase of 4.0 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.6 percent and capacity decreased 7.3 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 3.2 percent year over year on 7.3 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 1.6 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 7.2 percent.

American boarded 7.1 million passengers in October.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

                       AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                      COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                              EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                                  October
                                             2009         2008        CHANGE
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                             10,239,726   10,511,119      -2.6  %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   6,440,605    6,651,040      -3.2
        INTERNATIONAL                     3,799,121    3,860,079      -1.6
        ATLANTIC                          1,660,283    1,685,834      -1.5
        LATIN AMERICA                     1,693,029    1,704,014      -0.6
        PACIFIC                             445,809      470,231      -5.2
    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                             12,328,443   13,297,942      -7.3  %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   7,687,569    8,297,312      -7.3
        INTERNATIONAL                     4,640,874    5,000,631      -7.2
        ATLANTIC                          1,981,369    2,183,515      -9.3
        LATIN AMERICA                     2,104,618    2,233,794      -5.8
        PACIFIC                             554,887      583,322      -4.9
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                                   83.1 %       79.0 %     4.0 Pts
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                        83.8         80.2       3.6
        INTERNATIONAL                          81.9         77.2       4.7
        ATLANTIC                               83.8         77.2       6.6
        LATIN AMERICA                          80.4         76.3       4.2
        PACIFIC                                80.3         80.6      -0.3
    PASSENGERS BOARDED                    7,122,518    7,437,440      -4.2  %

    SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)            158,135      167,317      -5.5  %




                    AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                           EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
                                                YTD October
                                             2009        2008         CHANGE
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                            102,729,706  111,874,539      -8.2  %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                  64,470,947   70,986,068      -9.2
        INTERNATIONAL                    38,258,759   40,888,470      -6.4
        ATLANTIC                         15,835,670   16,474,893      -3.9
        LATIN AMERICA                    17,967,302   19,787,643      -9.2
        PACIFIC                           4,455,787    4,625,935      -3.7
    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
      SYSTEM                            127,187,015  138,010,853      -7.8  %
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                  77,720,433   86,317,006     -10.0
        INTERNATIONAL                    49,466,582   51,693,848      -4.3
        ATLANTIC                         20,240,108   20,893,854      -3.1
        LATIN AMERICA                    23,589,764   25,191,715      -6.4
        PACIFIC                           5,636,709    5,608,278       0.5
    LOAD FACTOR
      SYSTEM                                   80.8 %       81.1 %    -0.3 Pts
        D.O.T. DOMESTIC                        83.0         82.2       0.7
        INTERNATIONAL                          77.3         79.1      -1.8
        ATLANTIC                               78.2         78.9      -0.6
        LATIN AMERICA                          76.2         78.5      -2.4
        PACIFIC                                79.0         82.5      -3.4
    PASSENGERS BOARDED                   71,951,786   78,775,063      -8.7  %

    SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)          1,343,442    1,714,558     -21.6  %

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