FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a December load factor of 80.6 percent, an increase of 1.4 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 1.6 percent and capacity decreased 3.3 percent year over year. Domestic traffic decreased 2.1 percent year over year on 1.8 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 0.7 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 5.6 percent. American boarded 7.1 million passengers in December. AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES December 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,155,821 10,316,401 -1.6% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,281,821 6,413,912 -2.1 INTERNATIONAL 3,874,000 3,902,489 -0.7 ATLANTIC 1,412,622 1,471,923 -4.0 LATIN AMERICA 2,005,699 1,977,425 1.4 PACIFIC 455,679 453,142 0.6 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 12,600,618 13,026,030 -3.3% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,780,676 7,922,158 -1.8 INTERNATIONAL 4,819,942 5,103,872 -5.6 ATLANTIC 1,698,271 1,874,362 -9.4 LATIN AMERICA 2,557,334 2,665,581 -4.1 PACIFIC 564,337 563,929 0.1 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 80.6% 79.2% 1.4 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 80.7 81.0 -0.2 INTERNATIONAL 80.4 76.5 3.9 ATLANTIC 83.2 78.5 4.7 LATIN AMERICA 78.4 74.2 4.2 PACIFIC 80.7 80.4 0.4 PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,075,158 7,278,277 -2.8% SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 151,736 134,818 12.5% AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YTD December 2009 2008 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 122,376,766 131,726,036 -7.1% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 76,723,454 83,285,905 -7.9 INTERNATIONAL 45,653,312 48,440,132 -5.8 ATLANTIC 18,570,622 19,343,517 -4.0 LATIN AMERICA 21,745,091 23,585,038 -7.8 PACIFIC 5,337,599 5,511,577 -3.2 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 151,710,482 163,486,604 -7.2% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 92,925,210 101,814,268 -8.7 INTERNATIONAL 58,785,272 61,672,336 -4.7 ATLANTIC 23,675,696 24,599,328 -3.8 LATIN AMERICA 28,364,151 30,337,013 -6.5 PACIFIC 6,745,425 6,735,994 0.1 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 80.7% 80.6% 0.1 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 82.6 81.8 0.8 INTERNATIONAL 77.7 78.5 -0.9 ATLANTIC 78.4 78.6 -0.2 LATIN AMERICA 76.7 77.7 -1.1 PACIFIC 79.1 81.8 -2.7 PASSENGERS BOARDED 85,718,716 92,772,044 -7.6% SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 1,656,128 2,005,375 -17.4% AmericanAirlines(R) We know why you fly(R) Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/ DATASOURCE: American Airlines CONTACT: Tim Wagner, Corporate Communications of American Airlines, +1-817-967-1577, Web Site: http://www.aa.com/

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