American Airlines, American Eagle August traffic rises

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- AMR Corp. subsidiary American Airlines reported that August traffic increased 3.1 percent year on year to 11.51 billion Revenue Passenger Miles or RPMs.

Capacity increased by 3.2 percent to 13.61 billion available seat miles or ASMs from 13.19 billion ASMs a year ago, resulting in a load factor of 84.6 percent.

Domestic traffic increased 0.6 percent year over year on 0.8 percent more capacity. International traffic increased by 7.1 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 7.0 percent. American boarded 7.7 million passengers in August, a 0.1% decline from August 2009.

Meanwhile, AMR Corp. subsidiary American Eagle August traffic soared 13.8 percent year on year to 775.98 million RPMs from 682.16 million RPMs last year.

Capacity increased 13.2 percent to 1.06 billion ASMs. August load factor rose 0.4 points to 73.1 percent. American Eagle boarded 1.7 million passengers in August.

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