American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a February load factor of 75.0 percent - - an increase of 2.8 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic grew by 2.7 percent year over year, while capacity declined by 1.2 percent. Domestic traffic increased by 2.2 percent compared to last year, with 3.5 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 3.7 percent relative to last year, on a capacity increase of 3.4 percent.
American boarded 7.1 million passengers in February.
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American boarded 7.1 million passengers in February.
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AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
FEBRUARY
2006 2005 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 9,862,259 9,604,462 2.7 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 6,634,124 6,492,254 2.2
INTERNATIONAL 3,228,135 3,112,209 3.7
ATLANTIC 1,146,820 1,109,097 3.4
LATIN AMERICA 1,686,607 1,687,004 0.0
PACIFIC 394,708 316,108 24.9
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 13,141,879 13,299,985 (1.2) %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 8,496,060 8,807,169 (3.5)
INTERNATIONAL 4,645,819 4,492,817 3.4
ATLANTIC 1,689,266 1,552,471 8.8
LATIN AMERICA 2,380,961 2,485,753 (4.2)
PACIFIC 575,592 454,593 26.6
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 75.0% 72.2 % 2.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 78.0 73.7 4.3
INTERNATIONAL 69.4 69.2 0.2
ATLANTIC 67.8 71.4 (3.6)
LATIN AMERICA 70.8 67.8 3.0
PACIFIC 68.5 69.5 (1.0)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,128,622 6,934,247 2.8 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 163,188 175,116 (6.8)%
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE
FEBRUARY
2006 2005 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 20,894,595 20,170,282 3.6 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 13,832,059 13,441,392 2.9
INTERNATIONAL 7,062,536 6,728,890 5.0
ATLANTIC 2,476,348 2,364,496 4.7
LATIN AMERICA 3,710,169 3,667,195 1.2
PACIFIC 876,018 697,198 25.6
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 27,827,223 27,710,748 0.4 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 17,983,648 18,300,155 (1.7)
INTERNATIONAL 9,843,576 9,410,593 4.6
ATLANTIC 3,553,475 3,253,901 9.2
LATIN AMERICA 5,082,689 5,207,495 (2.4)
PACIFIC 1,207,411 949,197 27.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 75.0% 72.7% 2.3 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 76.9 73.4 3.5
INTERNATIONAL 71.7 71.5 0.2
ATLANTIC 69.6 72.6 (3.0)
LATIN AMERICA 72.9 70.4 2.5
PACIFIC 72.5 73.4 (0.9)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 14,927,846 14,389,100 3.7 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 329,371 344,533 (4.4)%
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