American Airlines Reports August Traffic

                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                      August

                                       2007          2006       CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          12,525,420    12,474,448      0.4 %

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC  8,077,627     7,954,835      1.5

                    INTERNATIONAL    4,447,793     4,519,613     -1.6

                    ATLANTIC         1,921,178     1,908,179      0.7

                    LATIN AMERICA    2,039,212     1,994,575      2.2

                    PACIFIC            487,403       616,859    -21.0

   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          14,736,680    15,211,699     -3.1 %

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC  9,316,734     9,645,767     -3.4

                    INTERNATIONAL    5,419,946     5,565,932     -2.6

                    ATLANTIC         2,315,055     2,293,159      1.0

                    LATIN AMERICA    2,525,147     2,515,481      0.4

                    PACIFIC            579,744       757,293    -23.4

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                                85.0 %        82.0 %    3.0 Pts

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC       86.7          82.5      4.2

                    INTERNATIONAL         82.1          81.2      0.9

                    ATLANTIC              83.0          83.2     -0.2

                    LATIN AMERICA         80.8          79.3      1.5

                    PACIFIC               84.1          81.5      2.6

   PASSENGERS BOARDED                8,809,913     8,528,661      3.3 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON

   MILES (000)                         169,558       179,528     -5.6 %





                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                          YEAR-TO-DATE August

                                       2007           2006      CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                           93,668,208     95,612,171    -2.0 %

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC  61,065,079     62,402,896    -2.1

                    INTERNATIONAL    32,603,130     33,209,275    -1.8

                    ATLANTIC         13,277,325     13,662,536    -2.8

                    LATIN AMERICA    15,575,355     15,175,081     2.6

                    PACIFIC           3,750,449      4,371,658   -14.2

   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          113,752,587    117,796,416    -3.4 %

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC  72,539,776     75,357,926    -3.7

                    INTERNATIONAL    41,212,811     42,438,490    -2.9

                    ATLANTIC         16,647,460     16,848,115    -1.2

                    LATIN AMERICA    20,073,857     20,013,107     0.3

                    PACIFIC           4,491,494      5,577,268   -19.5

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                                 82.3 %         81.2 %   1.1 Pts

                    D.O.T. DOMESTIC        84.2           82.8     1.4

                    INTERNATIONAL          79.1           78.3     0.8

                    ATLANTIC               79.8           81.1    -1.3

                    LATIN AMERICA          77.6           75.8     1.8

                    PACIFIC                83.5           78.4     5.1

   PASSENGERS

   BOARDED                           66,556,334     67,264,144    -1.1 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON

   MILES (000)                        1,401,661      1,452,723    -3.5 %