Edgar Filing: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

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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: June 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 satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

American Airlines, Inc. is filing herewith a press release issued on June 3, 2009 as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued to report May 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: June 4, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Description

99.1 Press Release

CONTACT: Tim Wagner

Corporate Communications

Fort Worth, Texas

817-967-1577

mediarelations@aa.com

FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, June 3, 2009

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS MAY TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a May load factor of 79.2 percent, a decrease of 2.6 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 11.7 percent and capacity decreased 8.8 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 13.3 percent year over year on 12.4 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 8.9 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 2.7 percent.

American boarded 7.2 million passengers in May.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

		May
		2009		2008		CHANGE

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM		10,380,751		11,757,709		-11.7	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC	6,563,903		7,569,604		-13.3
	INTERNATIONAL	3,816,848		4,188,105		-8.9
	ATLANTIC	1,765,474		1,798,062		-1.8
	LATIN AMERICA	1,595,713		1,901,411		-16.1
	PACIFIC	455,661		488,632		-6.7

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM		13,114,908		14,388,066		-8.8	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,946,089		9,075,694		-12.4
	INTERNATIONAL	5,168,819		5,312,371		-2.7
	ATLANTIC	2,258,736		2,246,317		0.6
	LATIN AMERICA	2,326,702		2,488,863		-6.5
	PACIFIC	583,381		577,192		1.1

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM		79.2	%	81.7	%	-2.6	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC		82.6		83.4		-0.8
INTERNATIONAL		73.8		78.8		-5.0
ATLANTIC		78.2		80.0		-1.9
LATIN AMERICA		68.6		76.4		-7.8
PACIFIC		78.1		84.7		-6.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED		7,220,820		8,322,739		-13.2	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)		137,734		183,449		-24.9	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES

		YTD May
		2009		2008	CHANGE

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM		49,252,248		55,028,584		-10.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC	31,131,337		35,179,390		-11.5
	INTERNATIONAL	18,120,911		19,849,193		-8.7
	ATLANTIC	6,917,262		7,437,711		-7.0
	LATIN AMERICA	9,031,699		10,175,843		-11.2
	PACIFIC	2,171,950		2,235,639		-2.8

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM		63,533,592		68,892,735		-7.8	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC	38,735,859		43,320,623		-10.6
	INTERNATIONAL	24,797,733		25,572,112		-3.0
	ATLANTIC	9,518,475		9,726,049		-2.1
	LATIN AMERICA	12,452,293		13,112,072		-5.0
	PACIFIC	2,826,965		2,733,991		3.4

LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM		77.5	%	79.9	%	-2.4	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC		80.4		81.2		-0.8
INTERNATIONAL		73.1		77.6		-4.5
ATLANTIC		72.7		76.5		-3.8
LATIN AMERICA		72.5		77.6		-5.1
PACIFIC		76.8		81.8		-4.9
PASSENGERS BOARDED		34,795,776		38,919,371		-10.6	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)		636,305		863,597		-26.3	%

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