FORT WORTH, Texas, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines reported a March load factor of 81.7 percent, an increase of 2.6 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 2.5 percent and capacity decreased 0.7 percent year over year.
Domestic traffic increased 1.8 percent year over year on 0.8 percent more capacity. International traffic increased 3.9 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 3.1 percent.
American boarded 7.5 million passengers in March. Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages. AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES March 2010 2009 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 10,580,958 10,320,646 2.5% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,732,226 6,615,889 1.8 INTERNATIONAL 3,848,732 3,704,757 3.9 ATLANTIC 1,368,884 1,335,101 2.5 LATIN AMERICA 1,984,525 1,902,967 4.3 PACIFIC 495,323 466,688 6.1 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 12,949,592 13,038,425 -0.7% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,060,464 7,992,876 0.8 INTERNATIONAL 4,889,128 5,045,550 -3.1 ATLANTIC 1,769,875 1,852,176 -4.4 LATIN AMERICA 2,550,453 2,610,312 -2.3 PACIFIC 568,800 583,062 -2.4 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 81.7% 79.2% 2.6 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 83.5 82.8 0.7 INTERNATIONAL 78.7 73.4 5.3 ATLANTIC 77.3 72.1 5.3 LATIN AMERICA 77.8 72.9 4.9 PACIFIC 87.1 80.0 7.0 PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,507,471 7,424,227 1.1% SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 166,559 133,084 25.2% AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES YEAR-TO-DATE March 2010 2009 CHANGE REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 28,697,105 28,587,725 0.4% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 17,998,275 18,067,737 -0.4 INTERNATIONAL 10,698,830 10,519,987 1.7 ATLANTIC 3,562,623 3,580,873 -0.5 LATIN AMERICA 5,787,166 5,659,776 2.3 PACIFIC 1,349,042 1,279,339 5.4 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 36,839,680 37,774,689 -2.5% D.O.T. DOMESTIC 22,836,907 23,055,139 -0.9 INTERNATIONAL 14,002,772 14,719,550 -4.9 ATLANTIC 5,000,810 5,292,886 -5.5 LATIN AMERICA 7,355,137 7,747,497 -5.1 PACIFIC 1,646,826 1,679,167 -1.9 LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 77.9% 75.7% 2.2 Pts D.O.T. DOMESTIC 78.8 78.4 0.4 INTERNATIONAL 76.4 71.5 4.9 ATLANTIC 71.2 67.7 3.6 LATIN AMERICA 78.7 73.1 5.6 PACIFIC 81.9 76.2 5.7 PASSENGERS BOARDED 20,167,596 20,332,969 -0.8% SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 446,918 370,636 20.6% 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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