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Exhibit 99.1

 

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FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP REPORTS

RECORD JULY TRAFFIC RESULTS

FORT WORTH, Texas – 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

 

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AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP REPORTS JULY TRAFFIC

August 9, 2017

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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.

 

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AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP REPORTS JULY TRAFFIC

August 9, 2017

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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.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information

This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “continue,” “seek,” “target,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “if current trends continue,” “optimistic,” “forecast” and other similar words. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the expected third quarter pre-tax margin, statements about the expected change in total revenue per available seat mile, statements about the Company’s plans, objectives, estimates, expectations and intentions, and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current objectives, beliefs and expectations, and they are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and financial position and timing of certain events to differ materially from the information in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (especially in Part I, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors) and in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. There may be other factors of which the Company is not currently aware that may affect matters discussed in the forward-looking statements and may also cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. The Company does not assume any obligation to publicly update or supplement any forward-looking statement to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting these forward-looking statements other than as required by law. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof or as of the dates indicated in the statements.

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