American Airlines Group Reports October 2014 Traffic Results

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) today reported October 2014 and year-to-date traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 17.9 billion, up 0.2 percent versus October 2013. Total capacity was 21.8 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 0.5 percent versus October 2013. Total passenger load factor was 82.2 percent for the month of October, down 0.3 points versus October 2013.

Based on one month of actual data and two months of forecast, the Company continues to expect its fourth quarter 2014 consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) to be approximately flat to up two percent. In addition, the Company continues to expect its fourth quarter pretax margin excluding special charges to be approximately 10 percent to 12 percent.

The following summarizes American Airlines Group traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, consisting of mainline-operated flights, wholly owned regional subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase agreements.

The Company believes it is more meaningful to compare year-over-year results for American Airlines and US Airways on a combined basis. Accordingly, the traffic results provided above and in the enclosed table combine the traffic results for all periods presented.