American Airlines Group Reports August 2016 Traffic

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported August and year-to-date 2016 traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 20.4 billion, down 2.8 percent versus August 2015. Total capacity was 24.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.4 percent versus August 2015. Total passenger load factor was 82.9 percent, down 3.6 percentage points versus August 2015.

The Company continues to expect its third quarter 2016 total revenue per available seat mile to be down approximately 3.0 to 5.0 percent year-over-year. In addition, the Company continues to expect its third quarter pretax margin excluding special items¹ to be between 12 and 14 percent.

The following summarizes American Airlines Group traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended August 31, 2016, and 2015, consisting of mainline-operated flights, wholly owned regional subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase agreements.

¹ American is unable to reconcile certain forward-looking projections to GAAP as the nature or amount of special items cannot be determined at this time

			American Airlines Group Traffic Results
				August							Year to Date
				2016	2015	Change					2016	2015	Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
			Domestic	11,373,008	11,815,594		(3.7	)	%		87,386,675	86,881,937		0.6		%
			Atlantic	3,110,575	3,317,068		(6.2	)	%		18,968,026	19,632,674		(3.4	)	%
			Latin America	2,577,382	2,773,193		(7.1	)	%		20,894,889	21,536,655		(3.0	)	%
			Pacific	1,193,365	1,007,740		18.4		%		8,586,530	6,927,496		23.9		%
			International	6,881,322	7,098,001		(3.1	)	%		48,449,445	48,096,825		0.7		%
			Mainline	18,254,330	18,913,595		(3.5	)	%		135,836,120	134,978,762		0.6		%
			Regional	2,188,605	2,110,350		3.7		%		16,424,662	15,831,961		3.7		%
			Total Revenue Passenger Miles	20,442,935	21,023,945		(2.8	)	%		152,260,782	150,810,723		1.0		%
Available Seat Miles (000)
			Domestic	13,400,360	13,332,449		0.5		%		102,607,200	101,029,029		1.6		%
			Atlantic	3,937,567	3,960,115		(0.6	)	%		25,464,478	25,245,270		0.9		%
			Latin America	3,125,968	3,302,085		(5.3	)	%		26,456,105	27,334,715		(3.2	)	%
			Pacific	1,392,990	1,107,494		25.8		%		10,263,769	8,162,737		25.7		%
			International	8,456,525	8,369,694		1.0		%		62,184,352	60,742,722		2.4		%
			Mainline	21,856,885	21,702,143		0.7		%		164,791,552	161,771,751		1.9		%
			Regional	2,799,096	2,602,087		7.6		%		21,175,862	19,654,766		7.7		%
			Total Available Seat Miles	24,655,981	24,304,230		1.4		%		185,967,414	181,426,517		2.5		%
Load Factor (%)
			Domestic	84.9	88.6		(3.7	)	pts		85.2	86.0		(0.8	)	pts
			Atlantic	79.0	83.8		(4.8	)	pts		74.5	77.8		(3.3	)	pts
			Latin America	82.5	84.0		(1.5	)	pts		79.0	78.8		0.2		pts
			Pacific	85.7	91.0		(5.3	)	pts		83.7	84.9		(1.2	)	pts
			International	81.4	84.8		(3.4	)	pts		77.9	79.2		(1.3	)	pts
			Mainline	83.5	87.2		(3.7	)	pts		82.4	83.4		(1.0	)	pts
			Regional	78.2	81.1		(2.9	)	pts		77.6	80.6		(3.0	)	pts
			Total Load Factor	82.9	86.5		(3.6	)	pts		81.9	83.1		(1.2	)	pts
Enplanements
			Mainline	12,737,141	13,363,729		(4.7	)	%		98,581,855	99,106,649		(0.5	)	%
			Regional	4,860,107	4,901,891		(0.9	)	%		36,478,924	36,585,867		(0.3	)	%
			Total Enplanements	17,597,248	18,265,620		(3.7	)	%		135,060,779	135,692,516		(0.5	)	%
System Cargo Ton Miles (000)				192,801	190,028		1.5		%		1,547,121	1,528,072		1.2		%
Notes:
	1	)	Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results.
	2	)	Latin America numbers include the Caribbean.
	3	)	Regional includes wholly owned subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase carriers.