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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of earliest event
reported: November 22, 2002
American Airlines, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2691 13-1502798
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4333 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(817) 963-1234
(Registrant's telephone number)
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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
American Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR
Corporation, is furnishing herewith actual unit cost, fuel,
traffic and capacity results for the months of September and
October 2002, along with current expectations for the remainder
of 2002 and the full fourth quarter. American Airlines, Inc. is
also furnishing herewith an updated fleet plan for AMR.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Airlines, Inc.
/s/ Charles D. MarLett
Charles D. MarLett
Corporate Secretary
Dated: November 22, 2002
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AMR EAGLE EYE
November 22, 2002
Statements in this report contain various forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's
expectations or beliefs concerning future events. When used in
this report, the words "expect", "forecast", "anticipates" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. All such statements are based on information
available to the Company on the date of this report. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement, regardless of reason. This discussion includes
forecasts of costs per ASM, capacity, traffic, fuel cost and fuel
consumption, and demand, each of which is a forward-looking
statement. There are a number of factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from our forecasts. Such factors
include, but are not limited to: the continuing impact of the
events of September 11, 2001 on the Company, general economic
conditions, competitive factors within the airline industry which
could affect the demand for air travel, changes in the Company's
business strategy, and changes in commodity prices. For
additional information regarding these and other factors see the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including but not limited to the Company's Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
Monthly Update
This Eagle Eye update includes actual unit cost, fuel, traffic
and capacity results for the months of September and October
2002, along with our current expectations for the remainder of
2002 and the full fourth quarter.
Unit costs so far this quarter are trending in line with our
prior expectation of a 3% decline year-over-year for the fourth
quarter. Given our Board of Directors meeting schedule for
January, AMR will report it's fourth quarter 2002 and full year
earnings on Wednesday January 22nd. A conference call for
members of the financial community and the media will take place
as usual at 2pm Eastern Time, 1pm Central.
Please call if you have questions.
Michael Thomas
Director, Investor Relations
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AMR EAGLE EYE
Unit Costs
AMR Consolidated Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual Actual -----Forecast------
Sept Oct Nov Dec 4Q02
AMR Cost per ASM 10.9 11.0 11.6 11.4 11.4
Yr/Yr B/(W) 16.9% 6.4% 4.9% (1.7%) 3.3%
American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual Actual -----Forecast------
Sept Oct Nov Dec 4Q02
AA Cost per ASM 10.5 10.7 11.2 11.0 11.0
Yr/Yr B/(W) 16.8% 6.2% 4.9% (1.9%) 3.2%
Capacity, Traffic and Fuel
Actual Actual -----Forecast------
Sept Oct Nov Dec 4Q02
AA Mainline Ops:
Capacity yr/yr H/(L) 16.8% 8.6% 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
Traffic yr/yr H/(L) 28.9% 25.8% 8.1% 10.6% 14.6%
Fuel (cents/gal incl. tax) 80 85 85 86 85
Fuel cost/gal yr/yr B/(W) 2.6% (8.6%) (15.4%)(32.1%)(18.0%)
Fuel Consumption (mil. gal.) 258 266 249 265 780
American Eagle:
Capacity yr/yr H/(L) 15.1% 11.0% 13.3% 17.5% 13.9%
Traffic yr/yr H/(L) 50.5% 27.0% 18.1% 20.8% 21.9%
Note: Both AMR Consolidated and AA Mainline include TWA LLC operations in 2002
Note: TWA LLC became part of AA/AMR on April 10th, 2001
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AMR Fleet Summary YE2001 to YE2005*
American Airlines (includes ex-TW aircraft)
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
YE YE YE YE YE
Aircraft Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005
B777 40 3 2 43 45 45 45
B767-3ER 58 (9) 9 49 58 58 58
B767-200/200ER 29 (14) 14 29 15 15 29
A300 34 (3) 3 31 34 34 34
B757 144 7 (1) (10) 151 150 140 140
B737 77 77 77 77 77
B727 33 (33) 0 0 0 0
MD82/83 362 (4) (24) 1 358 334 334 335
B717 30 (30) 0 0 0 0
F100 74 (12) (46) (16) 74 62 16 0
Total Inc/(Dec) (69) (37) (56) (1) (69) (106) (162) (163)
Total 881 812 775 719 718 812 775 719 718
Temporary
Storage On Hand YOY Change On Hand
YE YE YE YE YE
Aircraft Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005
B767-200/200ER 0 14 (14) 0 14 14 0
A300 0 3 (3) 3 0 0 0
MD82/83 0 4 24 (1) 4 28 28 27
Total Inc./(Dec.) 7 35 0 (15) 7 42 42 27
Total 0 7 42 42 27 7 42 42 27
Total On Hand YOY Change On Hand
YE YE YE YE YE
Aircraft Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005
Combined Fleet
Inc(Dec) (62) (2) (56) (16) (62) (64) (120) (136)
Combined Fleet 881 819 817 761 745 819 817 761 745
American Eagle
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
YE YE YE YE YE
Aircraft Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005
Saab 340 102 (25) (16) (12) (12) 77 61 49 37
ATR-42 30 (3) (11) (4) 27 16 12 12
S-ATR 43 (1) (2) 42 42 40 40
Turboprop Totals 175 (29) (27) (18) (12) 146 119 101 89
Embraer ERJ-145 56 (6) (8) 50 42 42 42
Embraer ERJ-135 40 40 40 40 40
Embraer ERJ-140 15 28 22 36 36 43 65 101 137
CRJ-700 1 7 10 7 8 18 25 25
Total AE Fleet
Inc./(Dec.) 0 (3) 25 24 0 (3) 22 46
Total AE Fleet 287 287 284 309 333 287 284 309 333
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
YE YE YE YE YE
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005
AMR Total Fleet 1,168 (62) (5) (31) 8 1,106 1,101 1,070 1,078
*Summary includes firm aircraft orders and planned fleet retirements.