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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                     Washington, D. C. 20549

                          _____________

                            FORM 8-K

                         CURRENT REPORT

             Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of earliest event
  reported:  March 17, 2004


                     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 filing herewith actual fuel cost, unit  cost  and
capacity and traffic information for January and February as well
as  current  fuel  cost,  unit  cost  and  capacity  and  traffic
expectations for March, the first quarter and the full year 2004.











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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:  March 17, 2004







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AMR EAGLE EYE

March 17, 2004

     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   document  the  words  "expects",  "plans,"  "anticipates,"
"believes,"  and  similar expressions are  intended  to  identify
forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements  include,
without   limitation,   the  Company's  expectations   concerning
operations   and  financial  conditions,  including  changes   in
capacity,  revenues, and costs, future financing  needs,  overall
economic  conditions, plans and objectives for future operations,
the  impact on the Company of its results of operations  for  the
past  three years and the sufficiency of its financial  resources
to  absorb that impact. Other forward-looking statements  include
statements  which do not relate solely to historical facts,  such
as,  without  limitation, statements which discuss  the  possible
future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which
indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties
cannot  be predicted, guaranteed or assured.  All forward-looking
statements  in this report are based on information available  to
the Company on the date of this report. The Company undertakes no
obligation  to  publicly  update or  revise  any  forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future  events
or  otherwise.  This document includes forecasts of unit cost and
revenue   performance,  fuel  prices,  capacity   estimates   and
liquidity  expectations,  each  of  which  is  a  forward-looking
statement.  Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
factors  that could cause the Company's actual results to  differ
materially  from  the  Company's  expectations.   The   following
factors, in addition to other possible factors not listed,  could
cause  the  Company's  actual results to differ  materially  from
those  expressed  in forward-looking statements:   the  uncertain
financial  and  business  environment  the  Company  faces,   the
struggling  economy,  high fuel prices and  the  availability  of
fuel, continuing U.S. military involvement in Iraq, conflicts  in
the  Middle  East or elsewhere, historically low fare levels  and
the  general  competitive environment, the Company's  ability  to
implement its restructuring program and the effect of the program
on  the  Company's  operational performance and  service  levels,
uncertainties   with  respect  to  the  Company's   international
operations,  changes in the Company's business strategy,  actions
by  U.S.  or foreign government agencies, the possible occurrence
of  additional  terrorist attacks, another outbreak  of  SARS  or
another  disease that affects travel behavior, the  inability  of
the  Company to satisfy existing liquidity requirements or  other
covenants  in certain of its or American's credit agreements  and
the  availability  of  future financing.  Additional  information
concerning these and other factors is contained in the  Company's
Securities  and  Exchange Commission filings, including  but  not
limited  to  the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended  December
31, 2003.


Performance Update

Costs:  Fuel prices are higher than anticipated, however,
increased fuel costs will only slightly impact our 1Q04 CASM
guidance.   Positive variances versus our expectations in a
number of other expense lines are largely offsetting fuel price
increases, resulting in revised mainline CASM guidance for 1Q04
of 9.48 cents, a 16.8 percent reduction year over year.  Our full
year 2004 fuel price guidance has changed from $0.87/gallon to
$0.99/gallon.

Revenue:  For the first quarter, any year over year unit revenue
benefits from improving structural and macro-economic conditions
are likely to be more than offset by intensifying competition -
particularly on transcontinental routes - and the effects of
significant increases in industry capacity.

Liquidity:  We expect to end the quarter with a cash and short-
term investment balance of more than $3.0 billion, plus
approximately $500 million in restricted cash and short-term
investments.  In February, AA issued $180 million of Fixed Rate
Secured Notes due 2009 and AMR issued $324 million of senior
convertible notes due 2024.


                                        Kathy Bonanno
                                        Director Investor Relations



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AMR EAGLE EYE


Fuel Forecast

Fuel Hedge Position:
       1Q04       Hedged on 21% of consumption at $23/bbl WTI Crude

American Mainline Fuel Price Including Hedges and Taxes
                                            Actual              Forecast
                                          Jan    Feb        Mar   1Q04    2004
        Fuel Price (dollars/gal)         0.99   1.03       1.01   1.01    0.99
        Fuel Consumption (MM gals)      249.2  235.9      254.0  739.1  3,020.6


Unit Cost Forecast

AMR Consolidated Cost per ASM
                                            Actual              Forecast
                                          Jan    Feb        Mar   1Q04   2004
        AMR Cost per ASM (cents)        10.05  10.04       9.68   9.92   9.75
        Yr/Yr B/(W)*                     12.7%  18.1%      17.3%  16.0%   7.3%



American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM
                                            Actual              Forecast
                                         Jan    Feb        Mar   1Q04   2004
         AA Cost per ASM (cents)         9.63  9.59       9.24   9.48   9.34
         Yr/Yr B/(W)*                    13.4% 18.9%      18.0%  16.7%   8.1%



Capacity and Traffic Forecast

AA Mainline Operations
                                     Actual Yr/Yr H/(L)  Forecast Yr/Yr H/(L)
                                         Jan     Feb       Mar   1Q04   2004
        Capacity                         1.0%   11.8%      5.0%   5.7%   6.3%
         Domestic                       (2.8%)   8.8%      2.0%   2.4%   2.8%
         International                  10.4%   19.3%     14.6%  14.6%  10.8%

        Traffic                          4.0%   12.1%      6.1%   7.2%   5.2%

Regional Affiliate Operations
                                     Actual Yr/Yr H/(L)  Forecast Yr/Yr H/(L)
                                         Jan     Feb        Mar   1Q04   2004
        Capacity                        16.2%   31.1%     22.1%  22.8%  26.1%
        Traffic                         24.1%   38.2%     29.5%  30.4%  26.8%



* Compared to 2003 unit costs as reported