UNITED
STATES
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:
April 3, 2009
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)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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[
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[
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[
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01 Other
Events
American
Airlines,
Inc. is filing herewith a press release issued on April 3, 2009 as Exhibit
99.1,
which is included herein. This press release was issued to report
March traffic for American Airlines, Inc.
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/
Kenneth W.
Wimberly
Kenneth W. Wimberly
Corporate Secretary
Dated: April
3, 2009
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Description
99.1
Press
Release
CONTACT: Tim
Smith
Corporate
Communications
Fort
Worth, Texas
817-967-1577
corp.comm@aa.com
FOR
RELEASE: Friday, April 3, 2009
AMERICAN
AIRLINES REPORTS MARCH TRAFFIC
FORT
WORTH, Texas –
American Airlines reported a March load factor of 79.2 percent, a decrease
of
4.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 10.9 percent
and
capacity decreased 5.6 percent year over year.
Domestic
traffic
decreased 10.6 percent year over year on 8.2 percent less capacity.
International traffic decreased by 11.6 percent relative to last year on a
capacity decrease of 1.1 percent.
American
boarded
7.4 million passengers in March.
Detailed
traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.
|
AMERICAN
AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
|
||||||||||||||
|
COMPARATIVE
PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
|
||||||||||||||
|
EXCLUDES
CHARTER SERVICES
|
||||||||||||||
|
March
|
||||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
CHANGE
|
||||||||||||
|
REVENUE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
|
||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
10,321,684
|
11,589,953
|
-10.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
6,617,058
|
7,398,383
|
-10.6
|
|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
3,704,626
|
4,191,570
|
-11.6
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|||||||||||
|
ATLANTIC
|
1,335,088
|
1,517,630
|
-12.0
|
|||||||||||
|
LATIN
AMERICA
|
1,902,852
|
2,212,269
|
-14.0
|
|||||||||||
|
PACIFIC
|
466,686
|
461,672
|
1.1
|
|||||||||||
|
AVAILABLE
SEAT
MILES (000)
|
||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
13,039,064
|
13,808,686
|
-5.6
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
7,993,759
|
8,705,509
|
-8.2
|
|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
5,045,305
|
5,103,177
|
-1.1
|
|||||||||||
|
ATLANTIC
|
1,852,157
|
1,864,755
|
-0.7
|
|||||||||||
|
LATIN
AMERICA
|
2,610,013
|
2,714,315
|
-3.8
|
|||||||||||
|
PACIFIC
|
583,135
|
524,107
|
11.3
|
|||||||||||
|
LOAD
FACTOR
|
||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
79.2 | % | 83.9 | % |
-4.8
|
Pts
|
||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
82.8
|
85.0
|
-2.2
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|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
73.4
|
82.1
|
-8.7
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|||||||||||
|
ATLANTIC
|
72.1
|
81.4
|
-9.3
|
|||||||||||
|
LATIN
AMERICA
|
72.9
|
81.5
|
-8.6
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|||||||||||
|
PACIFIC
|
80.0
|
88.1
|
-8.1
|
|||||||||||
|
PASSENGERS
BOARDED
|
7,422,063
|
8,241,368
|
-9.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
CARGO
TON MILES (000)
|
133,037
|
174,042
|
-23.6
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
AMERICAN
AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
|
||||||||||||||
|
COMPARATIVE
PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
|
||||||||||||||
|
EXCLUDES
CHARTER SERVICES
|
||||||||||||||
|
YTD
March
|
||||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
CHANGE
|
||||||||||||
|
REVENUE
PASSENGER MILES (000)
|
||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
28,588,763
|
32,482,561
|
-12.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
18,068,906
|
20,687,567
|
-12.7
|
|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
10,519,857
|
11,794,994
|
-10.8
|
|||||||||||
|
ATLANTIC
|
3,580,860
|
4,051,392
|
-11.6
|
|||||||||||
|
LATIN
AMERICA
|
5,659,661
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6,424,125
|
-11.9
|
|||||||||||
|
PACIFIC
|
1,279,336
|
1,319,477
|
-3.0
|
|||||||||||
|
AVAILABLE
SEAT
MILES (000)
|
||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
37,775,328
|
41,044,789
|
-8.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
23,056,022
|
25,819,464
|
-10.7
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|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
14,719,306
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15,225,325
|
-3.3
|
|||||||||||
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ATLANTIC
|
5,292,867
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5,497,545
|
-3.7
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|||||||||||
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LATIN
AMERICA
|
7,747,198
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8,116,909
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-4.6
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|||||||||||
|
PACIFIC
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1,679,240
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1,610,871
|
4.2
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|||||||||||
|
LOAD
FACTOR
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||||||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
|
75.7 | % | 79.1 | % |
-3.5
|
Pts
|
||||||||
|
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC
|
78.4
|
80.1
|
-1.8
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|||||||||||
|
INTERNATIONAL
|
71.5
|
77.5
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-6.0
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|||||||||||
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ATLANTIC
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67.7
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73.7
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-6.0
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|||||||||||
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LATIN
AMERICA
|
73.1
|
79.1
|
-6.1
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|||||||||||
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PACIFIC
|
76.2
|
81.9
|
-5.7
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|||||||||||
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PASSENGERS
BOARDED
|
20,330,805
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23,050,529
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-11.8
|
%
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||||||||||
|
SYSTEM
CARGO
TON MILES (000)
|
370,589
|
504,921
|
-26.6
|
%
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