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1 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: September 13, 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) 2 Item 5. Other Events American Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation, is providing herewith actual unit cost, fuel, traffic and capacity results for the months of July and August 2002, along with current expectations for September 2002 and the fourth quarter of 2002. 3 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: September 13, 2002 4 AMR EAGLE EYE September 13, 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 July and August 2002, along with our current expectations for September and the fourth quarter of 2002. Unit costs so far this quarter are trending in line with our prior expectation of a 3.5% decline year-over-year for the third quarter. However, fuel price has trended up during the 3rd quarter and remain persistently high. Bookings for September have been generally weaker than we had been expecting, especially in the weeks around the September 11th anniversary. Please call if you have questions. Michael Thomas Director, Investor Relations 5 AMR EAGLE EYE Unit Costs AMR Consolidated Cost per ASM (in cents) Actual Actual ---------Forecast---------- July August September October November December AMR Cost per ASM 10.7 10.7 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 Yr/Yr B/(W) 1.1% 2.0% 11.7% 1.4% 4.2% (2.3%) American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM (in cents) Actual Actual ----------Forecast---------- July August September October November December AA Cost per ASM 10.3 10.3 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.1 Yr/Yr B/(W) 1.0% 1.9% 11.5% 1.2% 3.8% (2.8%) Capacity, Traffic and Fuel Actual Actual -----------Forecast--------- July August September October November December AA Mainline Ops: Capacity yr/yr H/(L) (8.5%) (9.1%) 15.5% 7.5% 7.7% 5.6% Traffic yr/yr H/(L) (9.7%) (9.3%) 27.0% 21.6% 12.1% 7.9% Fuel(cents/gal incl. tax) 77 77 85 87 88 89 Fuel cost/gal yr/yr B/(W) 6.4% 3.4% (2.8%) (10.6%) (20.2%) (36.6%) Fuel Consumption (mil. gal.) 291 289 261 267 256 266 American Eagle: Capacity yr/yr H/(L) (5.7%)(6.5%) 11.9% 7.1% 15.4% 17.3% Traffic yr/yr H/(L) 1.1% (0.3%) 48.3% 24.1% 24.0% 23.5% 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