FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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% AmericanAirlines® We know why you fly® Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
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