American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a January load factor of 75.1 percent -- an increase of 1.8 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic grew by 4.4 percent year over year, on a 1.9 percent increase in capacity.
Domestic traffic increased by 3.5 percent compared to last year on flat capacity. International traffic increased by 6.1 percent relative to last year, on a capacity increase of 5.8 percent.
American boarded 7.8 million passengers in January.
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Domestic traffic increased by 3.5 percent compared to last year on flat capacity. International traffic increased by 6.1 percent relative to last year, on a capacity increase of 5.8 percent.
American boarded 7.8 million passengers in January.
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AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
JANUARY
2006 2005 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,031,198 10,565,820 4.4%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,194,050 6,949,139 3.5
INTERNATIONAL 3,837,148 3,616,681 6.1
ATLANTIC 1,329,668 1,255,400 5.9
LATIN AMERICA 2,026,175 1,980,191 2.3
PACIFIC 481,305 381,091 26.3
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,685,554 14,410,762 1.9%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,481,310 9,492,986 (0.1)
INTERNATIONAL 5,204,244 4,917,776 5.8
ATLANTIC 1,864,137 1,701,430 9.6
LATIN AMERICA 2,708,229 2,721,742 (0.5)
PACIFIC 631,878 494,604 27.8
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 75.1% 73.3% 1.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 75.8 73.2 2.6
INTERNATIONAL 73.7 73.5 0.2
ATLANTIC 71.3 73.7 (2.4)
LATIN AMERICA 74.8 72.7 2.1
PACIFIC 76.1 77 (0.9)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,796,721 7,454,853 4.6%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 166,172 169,417 (1.9)%
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE JANUARY
2006 2005 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 11,031,198 10,565,820 4.4%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,194,050 6,949,139 3.5
INTERNATIONAL 3,837,148 3,616,681 6.1
ATLANTIC 1,329,668 1,255,400 5.9
LATIN AMERICA 2,026,175 1,980,191 2.3
PACIFIC 481,305 381,091 26.3
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,685,554 14,410,762 1.9%
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,481,310 9,492,986 (0.1)
INTERNATIONAL 5,204,244 4,917,776 5.8
ATLANTIC 1,864,137 1,701,430 9.6
LATIN AMERICA 2,708,229 2,721,742 (0.5)
PACIFIC 631,878 494,604 27.8
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 75.1% 73.3% 1.8 Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 75.8 73.2 2.6
INTERNATIONAL 73.7 73.5 0.2
ATLANTIC 71.3 73.7 (2.4)
LATIN AMERICA 74.8 72.7 2.1
PACIFIC 76.1 77 (0.9)
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,796,721 7,454,853 4.6%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 166,172 169,417 (1.9)%PR Newswire