UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
_____________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of earliest event
reported: January 4, 2005
American Airlines, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2691 13-1502798
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4333 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(817) 963-1234
(Registrant's telephone number)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
American Airlines, Inc. is filing herewith a press release issued
on January 4, 2005 as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein.
This press release was issued to report December traffic for
American Airlines, Inc.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Airlines, Inc.
/s/ Charles D. MarLett
Charles D. MarLett
Corporate Secretary
Dated: January 5, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
99.1 Press Release
CONTACT: Tim Wagner
Corporate Communications
Fort Worth, Texas
817-967-1577
corp.comm@aa.com
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005
AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS DECEMBER TRAFFIC
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines, the world's largest
carrier, reported a December load factor of 74.6 percent, an
increase of 0.9 points compared to December of last year.
Traffic during the month grew by 6.1 percent, while capacity
increased 4.9 percent year over year.
International traffic increased 10.3 percent relative to
last year on 12.7 percent more capacity. Domestic traffic grew
by 4.1 percent compared to last year on a 1.4 percent increase in
capacity.
American boarded 7.8 million passengers in December.
Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages:
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
December
2004 2003 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 10,982,188 10,350,950 6.1 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 7,354,586 7,063,100 4.1
INTERNATIONAL 3,627,602 3,287,850 10.3
ATLANTIC 1,392,284 1,338,291 4.0
LATIN AMERICA 1,846,209 1,638,062 12.7
PACIFIC 389,109 311,498 24.9
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 14,712,917 14,029,709 4.9 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 9,859,758 9,722,528 1.4
INTERNATIONAL 4,853,159 4,307,181 12.7
ATLANTIC 1,715,527 1,587,871 8.0
LATIN AMERICA 2,657,224 2,327,069 14.2
PACIFIC 480,408 392,241 22.5
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 74.6 % 73.7 % 0.9 pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 74.5 72.6 1.9
INTERNATIONAL 74.7 76.3 (1.6)
ATLANTIC 81.1 84.2 (3.1)
LATIN AMERICA 69.4 70.3 (0.9)
PACIFIC 80.9 79.4 1.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED 7,797,329 7,435,113 4.9 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 191,633 172,756 10.9 %
AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
YEAR-TO-DATE
December
2004 2003 CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM 130,029,369 120,011,650 8.3 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 88,434,071 84,706,037 4.4
INTERNATIONAL 41,595,298 35,305,613 17.8
ATLANTIC 18,177,691 15,803,027 15.0
LATIN AMERICA 19,092,816 16,359,228 16.7
PACIFIC 4,324,791 3,143,359 37.6
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM 173,835,988 164,791,451 5.5 %
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 117,741,364 116,417,916 1.1
INTERNATIONAL 56,094,624 48,373,535 16.0
ATLANTIC 22,350,894 20,241,809 10.4
LATIN AMERICA 28,366,430 23,921,949 18.6
PACIFIC 5,377,300 4,209,777 27.7
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM 74.8 % 72.8 % 2.0 pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC 75.1 72.7 2.4
INTERNATIONAL 74.1 72.9 1.2
ATLANTIC 81.3 78.0 3.3
LATIN AMERICA 67.3 68.3 (1.0)
PACIFIC 80.4 74.6 5.8
PASSENGERS BOARDED 91,566,185 88,798,446 3.1 %
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000) 2,202,822 2,000,285 10.1 %
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