American Airlines, the world's largest airline, reported a August load factor of 83.5 percent, a decline of 1.5 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.9 percent and capacity decreased 1.1 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 5.6 percent year over year on 2.9 percent less capacity. International traffic increased by 2.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 2.0 percent.

American boarded 8.4 million passengers in August.

                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                   August

                                          2008            2007     CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          12,164,519      12,522,034      -2.9 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC       7,629,130       8,080,597      -5.6

               INTERNATIONAL         4,535,389       4,441,437       2.1

               ATLANTIC              1,891,107       1,921,167      -1.6

               LATIN AMERICA         2,159,111       2,032,870       6.2

               PACIFIC                 485,171         487,399      -0.5



   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          14,565,349      14,731,849      -1.1 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC       9,047,969       9,320,971      -2.9

               INTERNATIONAL         5,517,380       5,410,878       2.0

               ATLANTIC              2,281,680       2,314,917      -1.4

               LATIN AMERICA         2,653,036       2,516,276       5.4

               PACIFIC                 582,664         579,685       0.5



   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                                83.5 %          85.0 %    -1.5 Pts

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC            84.3            86.7      -2.4

               INTERNATIONAL              82.2            82.1       0.1

               ATLANTIC                   82.9            83.0      -0.1

               LATIN AMERICA              81.4            80.8       0.6

               PACIFIC                    83.3            84.1      -0.8



   PASSENGERS BOARDED                8,438,626       8,811,129      -4.2 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)        170,481         169,527       0.6 %







                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                               YTD August

                                         2008             2007     CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                          91,507,905      93,664,822      -2.3 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC      58,252,370      61,068,048       4.6

               INTERNATIONAL        33,255,535      32,596,773       2.0

               ATLANTIC             13,083,821      13,277,315      -1.5

               LATIN AMERICA        16,462,001      15,569,013       5.7

               PACIFIC               3,709,712       3,750,446      -1.1



   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                         111,847,004     113,747,756      -1.7 %

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC      70,019,075      72,544,013      -3.5

               INTERNATIONAL        41,827,928      41,203,743       1.5

               ATLANTIC             16,522,389      16,647,323      -0.8

               LATIN AMERICA        20,845,003      20,064,986       3.9

               PACIFIC               4,460,536       4,491,434      -0.7



   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                                81.8 %          82.3 %    -0.5 Pts

               D.O.T. DOMESTIC            83.2            84.2      -1.0

               INTERNATIONAL              79.5            79.1       0.4

               ATLANTIC                   79.2            79.8      -0.6

               LATIN AMERICA              79.0            77.6       1.4

               PACIFIC                    83.2            83.5      -0.3



   PASSENGERS BOARDED               64,572,238      66,557,550      -3.0 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)      1,388,164       1,401,630      -1.0 %