American Airlines Group Reports Record July Traffic Results

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported July and year-to-date 2017 traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were a record 21.9 billion, up 0.8 percent versus July 2016. Total capacity was 26.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.9 percent versus July 2016. Total passenger load factor was 84.3 percent, down 0.9 percentage points versus July 2016.

The company continues to expect its third quarter 2017 total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) to be up approximately 0.5 percent to 2.5 percent year-over-year. In addition, the company also continues to expect its third quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items1 to be between 10 percent and 12 percent.

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

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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
					July														Year to Date
					2017				2016			Change							2017				2016			Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
		Domestic			11,942,949				12,205,646			(2.2	)	%					74,252,476				76,013,666			(2.3	)	%
		Atlantic			3,360,667				3,177,440			5.8		%					16,709,311				15,857,451			5.4		%
		Latin America			2,952,760				2,841,796			3.9		%					18,035,034				18,317,507			(1.5	)	%
		Pacific			1,374,463				1,209,681			13.6		%					9,021,853				7,393,165			22.0		%
		International			7,687,890				7,228,917			6.3		%					43,766,198				41,568,123			5.3		%
		Mainline			19,630,839				19,434,563			1.0		%					118,018,674				117,581,790			0.4		%
		Regional			2,264,030				2,276,885			(0.6	)	%					14,423,828				14,236,057			1.3		%
		Total Revenue Passenger Miles			21,894,869				21,711,448			0.8		%					132,442,502				131,817,847			0.5		%
Available Seat Miles (000)
		Domestic			13,793,035				13,962,902			(1.2	)	%					87,689,657				89,206,840			(1.7	)	%
		Atlantic			4,139,791				3,956,752			4.6		%					21,481,828				21,526,911			(0.2	)	%
		Latin America			3,480,976				3,380,852			3.0		%					22,994,639				23,330,138			(1.4	)	%
		Pacific			1,638,692				1,399,944			17.1		%					10,969,740				8,870,779			23.7		%
		International			9,259,459				8,737,548			6.0		%					55,446,207				53,727,828			3.2		%
		Mainline			23,052,494				22,700,450			1.6		%					143,135,864				142,934,668			0.1		%
		Regional			2,917,610				2,796,000			4.3		%					18,917,952				18,376,768			2.9		%
		Total Available Seat Miles			25,970,104				25,496,450			1.9		%					162,053,816				161,311,436			0.5		%
Load Factor (%)
		Domestic			86.6				87.4			(0.8	)	pts					84.7				85.2			(0.5	)	pts
		Atlantic			81.2				80.3			0.9		pts					77.8				73.7			4.1		pts
		Latin America			84.8				84.1			0.7		pts					78.4				78.5			(0.1	)	pts
		Pacific			83.9				86.4			(2.5	)	pts					82.2				83.3			(1.1	)	pts
		International			83.0				82.7			0.3		pts					78.9				77.4			1.5		pts
		Mainline			85.2				85.6			(0.4	)	pts					82.5				82.3			0.2		pts
		Regional			77.6				81.4			(3.8	)	pts					76.2				77.5			(1.3	)	pts
		Total Load Factor			84.3				85.2			(0.9	)	pts					81.7				81.7			-		pts
Enplanements
		Mainline			13,448,914				13,598,779			(1.1	)	%					84,970,834				85,844,714			(1.0	)	%
		Regional			4,860,711				4,999,030			(2.8	)	%					31,514,762				31,618,817			(0.3	)	%
		Total Enplanements			18,309,625				18,597,809			(1.5	)	%					116,485,596				117,463,531			(0.8	)	%
System Cargo Ton Miles (000)					245,508				201,356			21.9		%					1,566,049				1,354,320			15.6		%
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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