American Airlines Reports April Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported an April load factor of 80.1 percent -- a decline of 2.0 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 6.6 percent year over year and capacity decreased 4.3 percent, driven in large part by MD-80 inspection cancellations in early April.

Domestic traffic decreased 8.4 percent year over year on 5.9 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 3.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 1.5 percent.

American boarded 7.5 million passengers in April.

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    Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.



                     AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                          EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                                    April
                                     2008         2007       CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
      (000)
       SYSTEM                     10,787,244   11,547,163     -6.6 %
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC      6,921,974    7,559,179     -8.4
              INTERNATIONAL        3,865,270    3,987,985     -3.1
              ATLANTIC             1,588,251    1,677,253     -5.3
              LATIN AMERICA        1,849,488    1,873,469     -1.3
              PACIFIC                427,531      437,263     -2.2

     AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                     13,459,159   14,061,576     -4.3 %
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC      8,425,640    8,949,620     -5.9
              INTERNATIONAL        5,033,519    5,111,956     -1.5
              ATLANTIC             1,982,176    2,080,295     -4.7
              LATIN AMERICA        2,505,356    2,471,368      1.4
              PACIFIC                545,987      560,294     -2.6

     LOAD FACTOR
       SYSTEM                           80.1 %       82.1 %   -2.0 Pts
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC           82.2         84.5     -2.3
              INTERNATIONAL             76.8         78.0     -1.2
              ATLANTIC                  80.1         80.6     -0.5
              LATIN AMERICA             73.8         75.8     -2.0
              PACIFIC                   78.3         78.0      0.3

     PASSENGERS BOARDED            7,543,051    8,201,916     -8.0 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES
      (000)                          175,301      181,858     -3.6 %



                     AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
                   COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
                          EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

                              Year-to-Date April
                                     2008          2007        CHANGE
     REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
      (000)
       SYSTEM                     43,269,805    44,113,668      -1.9 %
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC     27,609,541    28,900,285      -4.5
              INTERNATIONAL       15,660,264    15,213,384       2.9
              ATLANTIC             5,639,643     5,617,637       0.4
              LATIN AMERICA        8,273,613     7,801,289       6.1
              PACIFIC              1,747,008     1,794,458      -2.6

     AVAILABLE SEAT
     MILES (000)
       SYSTEM                     54,503,948    55,742,445      -2.2 %
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC     34,245,104    35,750,274      -4.2
              INTERNATIONAL       20,258,844    19,992,170       1.3
              ATLANTIC             7,479,721     7,490,110      -0.1
              LATIN AMERICA       10,622,265    10,288,251       3.2
              PACIFIC              2,156,858     2,213,809      -2.6

     LOAD FACTOR
       SYSTEM                           79.4 %        79.1 %     0.3 Pts
              D.O.T. DOMESTIC           80.6          80.8      -0.2
              INTERNATIONAL             77.3          76.1       1.2
              ATLANTIC                  75.4          75.0       0.4
              LATIN AMERICA             77.9          75.8       2.1
              PACIFIC                   81.0          81.1      -0.1

     PASSENGERS
     BOARDED                      30,593,580    31,506,270      -2.9 %

     SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES
      (000)                          680,222       705,570      -3.6 %