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: December 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 December 3, 2009 as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued to report November 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: December 3, 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: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a November load factor of 79.6 percent, an increase of 3.0 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 0.5 percent and capacity decreased 4.2 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic increased 1.4 percent year over year on 2.0 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 3.5 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 7.7 percent.

American boarded 6.7 million passengers in November.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		November
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			9,491,577			9,535,097			-0.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		5,969,853			5,885,925			1.4
	INTERNATIONAL		3,521,724			3,649,172			-3.5
	ATLANTIC		1,322,323			1,396,702			-5.3
	LATIN AMERICA		1,773,267			1,819,970			-2.6
	PACIFIC		426,134			432,500			-1.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			11,924,091			12,449,720			-4.2	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		7,423,463			7,575,104			-2.0
	INTERNATIONAL		4,500,628			4,874,616			-7.7
	ATLANTIC		1,737,348			1,831,112			-5.1
	LATIN AMERICA		2,218,792			2,479,717			-10.5
	PACIFIC		544,488			563,787			-3.4
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			79.6	%		76.6	%		3.0	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			80.4			77.7			2.7
INTERNATIONAL			78.2			74.9			3.4
ATLANTIC			76.1			76.3			-0.2
LATIN AMERICA			79.9			73.4			6.5
PACIFIC			78.3			76.7			1.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED			6,685,831			6,718,704			-0.5	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			160,403			156,000			2.8	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		YTD November
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			112,221,240			121,409,635			-7.6	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		70,441,675			76,871,993			-8.4
	INTERNATIONAL		41,779,565			44,537,642			-6.2
	ATLANTIC		17,158,001			17,871,594			-4.0
	LATIN AMERICA		19,739,641			21,607,613			-8.6
	PACIFIC		4,881,923			5,058,436			-3.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			139,109,859			150,460,574			-7.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		85,144,326			93,892,110			-9.3
	INTERNATIONAL		53,965,534			56,568,464			-4.6
	ATLANTIC		21,977,423			22,724,966			-3.3
	LATIN AMERICA		25,806,982			27,671,433			-6.7
	PACIFIC		6,181,129			6,172,066			0.1
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			80.7	%		80.7	%		0.0	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			82.7			81.9			0.9
INTERNATIONAL			77.4			78.7			-1.3
ATLANTIC			78.1			78.6			-0.6
LATIN AMERICA			76.5			78.1			-1.6
PACIFIC			79.0			82.0			-3.0
PASSENGERS BOARDED			78,640,718			85,493,767			-8.0	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,504,187			1,870,557			-19.6	%

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