American Airlines reported a January load factor of 76.2 percent, an increase of 2.4 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 0.4 percent and capacity decreased 2.7 percent year over year.
Domestic traffic increased 0.5 percent year over year on 0.7 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 0.2 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 5.9 percent.
American boarded 6.7 million passengers in January.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
January
2010 2009 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,677,332 9,638,126 0.4%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 5,926,397 5,896,001 0.5
INTERNATIONAL 3,750,935 3,742,125 0.2
ATLANTIC 1,219,253 1,237,026 -1.4
LATIN AMERICA 2,066,706 2,057,469 0.4
PACIFIC 464,976 447,630 3.9
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 12,706,998 13,065,443 -2.7%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,847,284 7,899,891 -0.7
INTERNATIONAL 4,859,714 5,165,552 -5.9
ATLANTIC 1,727,848 1,831,942 -5.7
LATIN AMERICA 2,551,979 2,755,703 -7.4
PACIFIC 579,887 577,907 0.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 76.2% 73.8% 2.4 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 75.5 74.6 0.9
INTERNATIONAL 77.2 72.4 4.7
ATLANTIC 70.6 67.5 3
LATIN AMERICA 81 74.7 6.3
PACIFIC 80.2 77.5 2.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED 6,697,233 6,696,638 0%
SYSTEM CARGO TON
MILES (000) 138,200 120,544 14.6%
