OREANDA-NEWS. 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.  
 

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.