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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: February 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) 2 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure American Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation, is furnishing herewith certain data regarding its unit costs, capacity, traffic and fuel for the first quarter of 2002. 1 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: February 22, 2002 4 AMR EAGLE EYE February 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, earnings, and operational considerations, 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 to 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, changes in commodity prices, the inability to successfully integrate the operations of TWA into those of American and to improve their profitability, higher than expected integration costs, and the inability to successfully integrate the workforce of TWA. 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, 2000. Monthly Update Attached is our updated monthly guidance on unit cost, fuel, traffic and capacity for the first quarter of 2002. Please note that both AMR Consolidated and AA Mainline Operations now reflect the inclusion of TWA LLC operations in the 2002 statistics. Please call if you have additional questions. Michael Thomas Director, Investor Relations 5 Both AMR Consolidated and AA Mainline include TWA LLC operations in 2002
AMR EAGLE EYE Unit Costs AMR Consolidated Cost per ASM (in cents) Actual -------Forecast------ Jan Feb Mar 1Q02 AMR Cost per ASM 11.8 12.5 12.1 12.1 (yr/yr) -2.5% -4.5% -3.5% -3.5% American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM (in cents) Actual -------Forecast------ Jan Feb Mar 1Q02 AA Cost per ASM 11.4 12.1 11.6 11.7 (yr/yr) -3.6% -5.5% -2.5% -3.8% Capacity, Traffic and Fuel Actual -------Forecast----- Jan Feb Mar 1Q02 AA Mainline Ops: Capacity (yr/yr) 1.4% 1.0% 4.2% 2.3% Traffic (yr/yr) 2.7% 3.0% 5.7% 3.6% Fuel (cents/gal incl. tax) 67 66 67 67 Fuel Consumption (mil. gal.) 254 229 263 745 American Eagle: Capacity (yr/yr) -3.4% 0.0% 1.9% -0.6% Traffic (yr/yr) 4.1% 4.8% 3.8% 4.2%