OREANDA-NEWS. American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported July and year-to-date 2016 traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 21.7 billion, down 0.3 percent versus July 2015. Total capacity was 25.5 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.3 percent versus July 2015. Total passenger load factor was 85.2 percent, down 2.1 percentage points versus July 2015.

The Company expects 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 July 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
  July     Year to Date  
  2016 2015 Change     2016 2015 Change  
     
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      
Domestic   12,205,646   12,311,374     (0.9 ) %     76,013,666   75,066,344     1.3   %  
Atlantic   3,177,440   3,322,743     (4.4 ) %     15,857,451   16,315,606     (2.8 ) %  
Latin America   2,841,796   3,010,487     (5.6 ) %     18,317,507   18,763,461     (2.4 ) %  
Pacific   1,209,681   939,672     28.7   %     7,393,165   5,919,756     24.9   %  
International   7,228,917   7,272,902     (0.6 ) %     41,568,123   40,998,823     1.4   %  
Mainline    19,434,563   19,584,276     (0.8 ) %     117,581,790   116,065,167     1.3   %  
Regional   2,276,885   2,191,846     3.9   %     14,236,057   13,721,610     3.7   %  
Total Revenue Passenger Miles   21,711,448   21,776,122     (0.3 ) %     131,817,847   129,786,777     1.6   %  
               
Available Seat Miles (000)              
Domestic   13,962,902   13,703,223     1.9   %     89,206,840   87,696,579     1.7   %  
Atlantic   3,956,752   3,963,841     (0.2 ) %     21,526,911   21,285,154     1.1   %  
Latin America   3,380,852   3,544,646     (4.6 ) %     23,330,138   24,032,630     (2.9 ) %  
Pacific   1,399,944   1,084,720     29.1   %     8,870,779   7,055,243     25.7   %  
International   8,737,548   8,593,207     1.7   %     53,727,828   52,373,027     2.6   %  
Mainline    22,700,450   22,296,430     1.8   %     142,934,668   140,069,606     2.0   %  
Regional   2,796,000   2,635,239     6.1   %     18,376,768   17,052,676     7.8   %  
Total Available Seat Miles   25,496,450   24,931,669     2.3   %     161,311,436   157,122,282     2.7   %  
               
Load Factor (%)              
Domestic   87.4   89.8   (2.4 ) pts   85.2   85.6   (0.4 ) pts  
Atlantic   80.3   83.8   (3.5 ) pts   73.7   76.7   (3.0 ) pts  
Latin America   84.1   84.9   (0.8 ) pts   78.5   78.1   0.4   pts  
Pacific   86.4   86.6   (0.2 ) pts   83.3   83.9   (0.6 ) pts  
International   82.7   84.6   (1.9 ) pts   77.4   78.3   (0.9 ) pts  
Mainline    85.6   87.8   (2.2 ) pts   82.3   82.9   (0.6 ) pts  
Regional   81.4   83.2   (1.8 ) pts   77.5   80.5   (3.0 ) pts  
Total Load Factor   85.2   87.3   (2.1 ) pts   81.7   82.6   (0.9 ) pts  
                     
Enplanements                  
Mainline   13,598,779   13,968,670     (2.6 ) %     85,844,714   85,742,920     0.1   %  
Regional   4,999,030   5,064,691     (1.3 ) %     31,618,817   31,683,976     (0.2 ) %  
Total Enplanements   18,597,809   19,033,361     (2.3 ) %     117,463,531   117,426,896     -    %  
                   
System Cargo Ton Miles (000)   201,356   190,501     5.7   %     1,354,320   1,338,042     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. Connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.