American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a November load factor of 81.2 percent -- an increase of 1.5 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 4.1 percent year over year as capacity increased 2.2 percent.
Domestic traffic increased 1.9 percent year over year on 1.9 percent more capacity. International traffic increased by 8.4 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 2.8 percent.
American boarded nearly 8.0 million passengers in November.
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
November
2007 2006 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,145,991 10,708,576 4.1 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 7,292,772 7,153,350 1.9
INTERNATIONAL 3,853,219 3,555,226 8.4
ATLANTIC 1,528,901 1,392,471 9.8
LATIN AMERICA 1,870,817 1,722,185 8.6
PACIFIC 453,501 440,570 2.9
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 13,722,663 13,430,828 2.2 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 8,915,745 8,752,708 1.9
INTERNATIONAL 4,806,918 4,678,120 2.8
ATLANTIC 1,904,316 1,848,070 3.0
LATIN AMERICA 2,344,073 2,267,230 3.4
PACIFIC 558,529 562,821 -0.8
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.2 % 79.7 % 1.5 Pts
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 81.8 81.7 0.1
INTERNATIONAL 80.2 76.0 4.2
ATLANTIC 80.3 75.3 5.0
LATIN AMERICA 79.8 76.0 3.8
PACIFIC 81.2 78.3 2.9
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,980,054 7,697,959 3.7 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON
MILES (000) 180,140 193,026 -6.7 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE November
2007 2006 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 127,182,914 128,041,877 -0.7 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 82,766,602 83,614,949 -1.0
INTERNATIONAL 44,416,312 44,426,929 0.0
ATLANTIC 18,414,268 18,509,786 -0.5
LATIN AMERICA 20,850,322 20,027,479 4.1
PACIFIC 5,151,722 5,889,664 -12.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 155,607,991 159,596,076 -2.5 %
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 99,542,632 102,150,632 -2.6
INTERNATIONAL 56,065,359 57,445,443 -2.4
ATLANTIC 22,988,764 23,171,655 -0.8
LATIN AMERICA 26,889,330 26,685,884 0.8
PACIFIC 6,187,266 7,587,904 -18.5
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 81.7 % 80.2 % 1.5 Pts
D.O.T.
DOMESTIC 83.1 81.9 1.2
INTERNATIONAL 79.2 77.3 1.9
ATLANTIC 80.1 79.9 0.2
LATIN AMERICA 77.5 75.0 2.5
PACIFIC 83.3 77.6 5.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED 90,237,376 90,076,864 0.2 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON
MILES (000) 1,942,003 2,033,376 -4.5 %
