Edgar Filing: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

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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: April 3, 2009

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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

American Airlines, Inc. is filing herewith a press release issued on April 3, 2009 as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued to report March 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/ Kenneth W. Wimberly

Kenneth W. Wimberly

Corporate Secretary

Dated: April 3, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Description

99.1 Press Release

CONTACT: Tim Smith

Corporate Communications

Fort Worth, Texas

817-967-1577

corp.comm@aa.com

FOR RELEASE: Friday, April 3, 2009

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS MARCH TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a March load factor of 79.2 percent, a decrease of 4.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 10.9 percent and capacity decreased 5.6 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 10.6 percent year over year on 8.2 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 11.6 percent relative to last year on a capacity decrease of 1.1 percent.

American boarded 7.4 million passengers in March.

Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following pages.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		March
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			10,321,684			11,589,953			-10.9	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		6,617,058			7,398,383			-10.6
	INTERNATIONAL		3,704,626			4,191,570			-11.6
	ATLANTIC		1,335,088			1,517,630			-12.0
	LATIN AMERICA		1,902,852			2,212,269			-14.0
	PACIFIC		466,686			461,672			1.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			13,039,064			13,808,686			-5.6	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		7,993,759			8,705,509			-8.2
	INTERNATIONAL		5,045,305			5,103,177			-1.1
	ATLANTIC		1,852,157			1,864,755			-0.7
	LATIN AMERICA		2,610,013			2,714,315			-3.8
	PACIFIC		583,135			524,107			11.3
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			79.2	%		83.9	%		-4.8	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			82.8			85.0			-2.2
INTERNATIONAL			73.4			82.1			-8.7
ATLANTIC			72.1			81.4			-9.3
LATIN AMERICA			72.9			81.5			-8.6
PACIFIC			80.0			88.1			-8.1
PASSENGERS BOARDED			7,422,063			8,241,368			-9.9	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			133,037			174,042			-23.6	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		YTD March
		2009			2008			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			28,588,763			32,482,561			-12.0	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		18,068,906			20,687,567			-12.7
	INTERNATIONAL		10,519,857			11,794,994			-10.8
	ATLANTIC		3,580,860			4,051,392			-11.6
	LATIN AMERICA		5,659,661			6,424,125			-11.9
	PACIFIC		1,279,336			1,319,477			-3.0
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			37,775,328			41,044,789			-8.0	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		23,056,022			25,819,464			-10.7
	INTERNATIONAL		14,719,306			15,225,325			-3.3
	ATLANTIC		5,292,867			5,497,545			-3.7
	LATIN AMERICA		7,747,198			8,116,909			-4.6
	PACIFIC		1,679,240			1,610,871			4.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			75.7	%		79.1	%		-3.5	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			78.4			80.1			-1.8
INTERNATIONAL			71.5			77.5			-6.0
ATLANTIC			67.7			73.7			-6.0
LATIN AMERICA			73.1			79.1			-6.1
PACIFIC			76.2			81.9			-5.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED			20,330,805			23,050,529			-11.8	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			370,589			504,921			-26.6	%

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