American Airlines Group Reports Record May Traffic Results

2017-06-09 / @nasdaq

 

FORT WORTH, Texas, June09, 2017(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported May and year-to-date 2017 traffic results.

American Airlines Group's total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were a record 19.9 billion, up 2.6 percent versus May 2016. Total capacity was 24.3 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.3 percent versus May 2016. Total passenger load factor was 82.1 percent, up 0.2 percentage points versus May 2016.

The Company continues to expect its second quarter 2017 total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) to be up approximately 3.5 percent to 5.5 percent year-over-year. In addition, the Company continues to expect its second quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items1 to be between 12 percent and 14 percent.

The following summarizes American Airlines Group traffic results for the month ended May 31, 2017, and 2016, 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
May
Year to Date
2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
Domestic10,927,953 11,090,514 (1.5)% 50,771,414 51,876,578 (2.1)%
Atlantic3,078,695 2,711,012 13.6 % 10,028,382 9,677,622 3.6 %
Latin America2,454,784 2,415,155 1.6 % 12,494,676 12,924,231 (3.3)%
Pacific1,336,841 1,084,526 23.3 % 6,277,205 5,037,397 24.6 %
International6,870,320 6,210,693 10.6 % 28,800,263 27,639,250 4.2 %
Mainline 17,798,273 17,301,207 2.9 % 79,571,677 79,515,828 0.1 %
Regional2,137,770 2,135,092 0.1 % 9,937,139 9,720,140 2.2 %
Total Revenue Passenger Miles19,936,043 19,436,299 2.6 % 89,508,816 89,235,968 0.3 %
Available Seat Miles (000)
Domestic12,781,738 12,886,209 (0.8)% 60,662,359 61,705,281 (1.7)%
Atlantic3,939,159 3,785,471 4.1 % 13,387,381 13,743,173 (2.6)%
Latin America3,180,658 3,036,614 4.7 % 16,234,136 16,746,815 (3.1)%
Pacific1,609,467 1,316,055 22.3 % 7,744,371 6,173,051 25.5 %
International8,729,284 8,138,140 7.3 % 37,365,888 36,663,039 1.9 %
Mainline 21,511,022 21,024,349 2.3 % 98,028,247 98,368,320 (0.3)%
Regional2,776,724 2,710,834 2.4 % 13,204,164 12,855,364 2.7 %
Total Available Seat Miles24,287,746 23,735,183 2.3 % 111,232,411 111,223,684 - %
Load Factor (%)
Domestic85.5 86.1 (0.6)pts83.7 84.1 (0.4)pts
Atlantic78.2 71.6 6.6 pts74.9 70.4 4.5 pts
Latin America77.2 79.5 (2.3)pts77.0 77.2 (0.2)pts
Pacific83.1 82.4 0.7 pts81.1 81.6 (0.5)pts
International78.7 76.3 2.4 pts77.1 75.4 1.7 pts
Mainline 82.7 82.3 0.4 pts81.2 80.8 0.4 pts
Regional77.0 78.8 (1.8)pts75.3 75.6 (0.3)pts
Total Load Factor82.1 81.9 0.2 pts80.5 80.2 0.3 pts
Enplanements
Mainline12,690,517 12,648,957 0.3 % 58,512,785 59,066,442 (0.9)%
Regional4,735,411 4,782,978 (1.0)% 21,806,910 21,682,515 0.6 %
Total Enplanements17,425,928 17,431,935 - % 80,319,695 80,748,957 (0.5)%
System Cargo Ton Miles (000)238,792 204,390 16.8 % 1,084,618 950,280 14.1 %
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 (R) 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.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information
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