American Airlines Group Reports January Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL ) today reported January 2017 traffic results.

American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 17.0 billion, down 0.3 percent versus January 2016. Total capacity was 21.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.2 percent versus January 2016. Total passenger load factor was 78.6 percent, down 1.1 percentage points versus January 2016.

The Company continues to expect its first quarter 2017 total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) to be up 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent year-over-year. In addition, the Company continues to expect its first quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items ¹  to be between 3 percent and 5 percent.

The following summarizes American Airlines Group traffic results for the month ended January 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

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 one world® 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 .

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