Edgar Filing: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of earliest event

reported: August 5, 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.)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

American Airlines, Inc. is filing herewith a press release issued on August 5, 2009 as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued to report July 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: August 5, 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, Aug. 5, 2009

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS JULY TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a July load factor of 87.3 percent, an increase of 1.4 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 6.4 percent and capacity decreased 8.0 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 8.0 percent year over year on 10.4 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 3.7 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 4.0 percent.

American boarded 8.2 million passengers in July.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		July
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			11,662,942			12,464,952			-6.4	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		7,237,970			7,870,662			-8.0
	INTERNATIONAL		4,424,972			4,594,291			-3.7
	ATLANTIC		1,891,446			1,892,794			-0.1
	LATIN AMERICA		2,051,245			2,215,761			-7.4
	PACIFIC		482,281			485,735			-0.7
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			13,364,279			14,524,401			-8.0	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		8,078,395			9,017,160			-10.4
	INTERNATIONAL		5,285,884			5,507,240			-4.0
	ATLANTIC		2,269,828			2,277,212			-0.3
	LATIN AMERICA		2,435,373			2,650,343			-8.1
	PACIFIC		580,683			579,685			0.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			87.3	%		85.8	%		1.4	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			89.6			87.3			2.3
INTERNATIONAL			83.7			83.4			0.3
ATLANTIC			83.3			83.1			0.2
LATIN AMERICA			84.2			83.6			0.6
PACIFIC			83.1			83.8			-0.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED			8,160,769			8,804,633			-7.3	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			136,449			179,839			-24.1	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		YTD July
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			71,808,916			79,343,386			-9.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		45,174,778			50,623,240			-10.8
	INTERNATIONAL		26,634,138			28,720,146			-7.3
	ATLANTIC		10,673,326			11,192,714			-4.6
	LATIN AMERICA		12,827,015			14,302,890			-10.3
	PACIFIC		3,133,797			3,224,541			-2.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			89,693,545			97,281,655			-7.8	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		54,534,486			60,971,106			-10.6
	INTERNATIONAL		35,159,059			36,310,548			-3.2
	ATLANTIC		14,006,967			14,240,709			-1.6
	LATIN AMERICA		17,183,176			18,191,967			-5.5
	PACIFIC		3,968,916			3,877,872			2.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			80.1	%		81.6	%		-1.5	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			82.8			83.0			-0.2
INTERNATIONAL			75.8			79.1			-3.3
ATLANTIC			76.2			78.6			-2.4
LATIN AMERICA			74.6			78.6			-4.0
PACIFIC			79.0			83.2			-4.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED			50,588,865			56,133,612			-9.9	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			906,214			1,217,683			-25.6	%

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