FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported January 2017 traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 17.0 billion, down 0.3 percent versus January 2016. Total capacity was 21.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.2 percent versus January 2016. Total passenger load factor was 78.6 percent, down 1.1 percentage points versus January 2016.

The Company continues to expect its first quarter 2017 total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) to be up 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent year-over-year. In addition, the Company continues to expect its first quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items1 to be between 3 percent and 5 percent.

The following summarizes American Airlines Group traffic results for the month ended January 31, 2017, and 2016, consisting of mainline-operated flights, wholly owned regional subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase agreements.

1American 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   
  January
  
  2017 2016 Change
  
           
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)         
 Domestic9,660,648 9,825,283 (1.7)%  
 Atlantic1,550,688 1,624,489 (4.5)%  
 Latin America2,661,510 2,895,678 (8.1)%  
 Pacific1,284,415 986,741 30.2 %  
 International5,496,613 5,506,908 (0.2)%  
 Mainline 15,157,261 15,332,191 (1.1)%  
 Regional1,879,137 1,749,858 7.4 %  
 Total Revenue Passenger Miles17,036,398 17,082,049 (0.3)%  
        
Available Seat Miles (000)       
 Domestic12,039,533 11,941,917 0.8 %  
 Atlantic2,120,268 2,206,680 (3.9)%  
 Latin America3,345,362 3,650,658 (8.4)%  
 Pacific1,544,590 1,196,163 29.1 %  
 International7,010,220 7,053,501 (0.6)%  
 Mainline 19,049,753 18,995,418 0.3 %  
 Regional2,631,207 2,432,292 8.2 %  
 Total Available Seat Miles21,680,960 21,427,710 1.2 %  
        
Load Factor (%)       
 Domestic80.2 82.3 (2.1)pts 
 Atlantic73.1 73.6 (0.5)pts 
 Latin America79.6 79.3 0.3 pts 
 Pacific83.2 82.5 0.7 pts 
 International78.4 78.1 0.3 pts 
 Mainline 79.6 80.7 (1.1)pts 
 Regional71.4 71.9 (0.5)pts 
 Total Load Factor78.6 79.7 (1.1)pts 
         
Enplanements        
 Mainline11,053,491 11,307,524 (2.2)%  
 Regional4,075,680 3,924,580 3.9 %  
 Total Enplanements15,129,171 15,232,104 (0.7)%  
         
System Cargo Ton Miles (000)190,594 165,599 15.1 %  
        
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.
   

About American Airlines Group
American Airlines and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a founding member of the oneworld® alliance, whose members serve more than 1,000 destinations with about 14,250 daily flights to over 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015, its stock joined the S&P 500 index. Connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.

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