FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a December load factor of 78.9 percent -- an increase of 4.3 points compared to the same period in 2004. Traffic grew by 4.6 percent year over year, on a 1.1 percent decline in capacity.
Domestic traffic increased by 2.6 percent compared to December 2004, while capacity declined by 4.5 percent. International traffic increased by 8.8 percent relative to December 2004, on a capacity increase of 5.7 percent.
American boarded 8.2 million passengers in December.
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages:
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
DECEMBER
2005 2004 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,490,612 10,981,758 4.6 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,545,978 7,356,721 2.6
INTERNATIONAL 3,944,634 3,625,037 8.8
ATLANTIC 1,491,789 1,392,245 7.1
LATIN AMERICA 1,953,095 1,843,683 5.9
PACIFIC 499,750 389,109 28.4
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,545,622 14,712,949 (1.1) %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,420,283 9,865,464 (4.5)
INTERNATIONAL 5,125,339 4,847,485 5.7
ATLANTIC 1,879,819 1,715,368 9.6
LATIN AMERICA 2,603,933 2,651,724 (1.8)
PACIFIC 641,587 480,393 33.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 78.9% 74.6% 4.3 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 80.1 74.5 5.6
INTERNATIONAL 76.9 74.7 2.2
ATLANTIC 79.3 81.1 (1.8)
LATIN AMERICA 75 69.5 5.5
PACIFIC 77.8 80.9 (3.1)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 8,171,967 7,801,147 4.8 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 185,946 191,936 (3.1) %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE DECEMBER
2005 2004 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 138,229,705 130,028,940 6.3 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 91,871,798 88,436,206 3.9
INTERNATIONAL 46,357,907 41,592,733 11.5
ATLANTIC 19,524,981 18,177,652 7.4
LATIN AMERICA 21,415,230 19,090,290 12.2
PACIFIC 5,417,696 4,324,792 25.3
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 175,924,436 173,836,020 1.2 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 115,069,074 117,747,070 (2.3)
INTERNATIONAL 60,855,362 56,088,950 8.5
ATLANTIC 23,850,669 22,350,735 6.7
LATIN AMERICA 30,007,595 28,360,930 5.8
PACIFIC 6,997,098 5,377,285 30.1
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 78.5% 74.7% 3.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 79.8 75.1 4.7
INTERNATIONAL 76.1 74.1 2.0
ATLANTIC 81.8 81.3 0.5
LATIN AMERICA 71.3 67.3 4.0
PACIFIC 77.4 80.4 (3.0)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 98,034,785 91,570,003 7.1 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 2,209,288 2,203,125 0.3 %
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