American Airlines Reports July Traffic

                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                   July

                                    2008           2007          CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

     SYSTEM                      12,461,750     12,911,814        -3.5  %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC    7,870,461      8,309,853        -5.3

               INTERNATIONAL      4,591,289      4,601,961        -0.2

               ATLANTIC           1,892,786      1,965,118        -3.7

               LATIN AMERICA      2,212,771      2,154,681         2.7

               PACIFIC              485,732        482,162         0.7



   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

     SYSTEM                      14,521,754     14,697,360        -1.2  %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC    9,017,387      9,298,773        -3.0

               INTERNATIONAL      5,504,367      5,398,586         2.0

               ATLANTIC           2,277,159      2,309,696        -1.4

               LATIN AMERICA      2,647,452      2,531,263         4.6

               PACIFIC              579,756        557,628         4.0



   LOAD

   FACTOR

     SYSTEM                            85.8  %        87.9  %     -2.0  Pts

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC         87.3           89.4        -2.1

               INTERNATIONAL           83.4           85.2        -1.8

               ATLANTIC                83.1           85.1        -2.0

               LATIN AMERICA           83.6           85.1        -1.5

               PACIFIC                 83.8           86.5        -2.7



   PASSENGERS BOARDED             8,799,508      9,127,433        -3.6  %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)     179,645        171,973         4.5  %







                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                 YTD July

                                     2008           2007          CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

     SYSTEM                      79,340,184     81,142,788         -2.2 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC   50,623,040     52,987,452         -4.5

               INTERNATIONAL     28,717,144     28,155,337          2.0

               ATLANTIC          11,192,706     11,356,147         -1.4

               LATIN AMERICA     14,299,900     13,536,143          5.6

               PACIFIC            3,224,538      3,263,046         -1.2



   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

     SYSTEM                      97,279,008     99,015,907         -1.8 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC   60,971,333     63,223,042         -3.6

               INTERNATIONAL     36,307,675     35,792,865          1.4

               ATLANTIC          14,240,657     14,332,405         -0.6

               LATIN AMERICA     18,189,076     17,548,710          3.6

               PACIFIC            3,877,943      3,911,750         -0.9



   LOAD

   FACTOR

     SYSTEM                            81.6  %        81.9  %      -0.4 Pts

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC         83.0           83.8         -0.8

               INTERNATIONAL           79.1           78.7          0.4

               ATLANTIC                78.6           79.2         -0.6

               LATIN AMERICA           78.6           77.1          1.5

               PACIFIC                 83.2           83.4         -0.3



   PASSENGERS BOARDED            56,128,487     57,746,421         -2.8 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)   1,217,489      1,232,103         -1.2 %