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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of earliest event
reported: May 22, 2001
American Airlines, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2691 13-1502798
(State of Incorporation) ( Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4333 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(817) 963-1234
(Registrant's telephone number)
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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
American Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR
Corporation, is furnishing herewith certain data regarding its
unit costs, capacity, traffic and fuel, and a monthly update.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Airlines, Inc.
/s/ Charles D. MarLett
Charles D. MarLett
Corporate Secretary
Dated: May 22, 2001
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May 22, 2001
Statements in this report contain various forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's
expectations or beliefs concerning future events. When used in
this report, the words "expect", "forecast", "anticipates" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. All such statements are based on information
available to the Company on the date of this report. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement, regardless of reason. This discussion includes
forecasts of costs per ASM, capacity, traffic, fuel cost and fuel
consumption, and operational considerations, each of which is a
forward-looking statement. There are a number of factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from our
forecasts. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general
economic conditions, competitive factors within the airline
industry which could affect the demand for air travel, changes in
the Company's business strategy, changes in commodity prices, the
inability to successfully integrate the operations of TWA into
those of American and to improve their profitability, higher than
expected integration costs, and the inability to successfully
integrate the workforce of TWA. For additional information
regarding these and other factors see the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited
to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
Monthly Update
Beginning this month, additional information for TWA LLC is being
incorporated into the Eagle Eye. Expectations for TWA's unit
cost, traffic and capacity are noted separately on the
attachment. In addition, at the AMR level, TWA is now included
in the AMR unit cost guidance.
For AA mainline operations, April traffic, as earlier reported,
was down from last year's levels. Summer traffic for May through
July is also expected to be lower than last year due primarily to
softer demand. We anticipate AA's capacity for the May to July
period to remain in line with our prior estimates.
Please call if you have additional questions.
Michael Thomas
Director, Investor Relations
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AMR EAGLE EYE
Unit Costs
AMR Consolidated Cost per ASM (in cents) Including TWA LLC
Actual ----------Forecast---------
Apr May June July
AMR Cost per ASM 11.2 11.1 11.3 11.0
American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual ---------Forecast--------
April May June July
AA Cost per ASM 10.9 10.9 11.1 10.9
Prior Year (2000) Restated* 10.2 10.3 10.5 10.3
TWA LLC Operating Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual ---------Forecast-------
April May June July
TWA Cost per ASM 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.6
Capacity, Traffic and Fuel
Actual ----------Forecast-------
April May June July
AA Mainline Ops:
Capacity (yr/yr) 1.0% 2.9% 4.0% 2.1%
Traffic (yr/yr) -2.8% -4.2% -1.3% -1.0%
Fuel (cents/gal incl. tax) 80 83 83 82
Fuel Consumption (mil. gal.) 255 269 273 282
American Eagle:
Capacity (yr/yr) 8.8% 7.2% 5.9% 6.3%
Traffic (yr/yr) 6.8% 6.6% 3.0% 4.4%
TWA Airlines LLC:
Capacity (000,000) ASMs 2,010 3,011 2,915 3,014
Traffic (000,000) RPMs 1,431 2,021 2,157 2,259
* Certain airline related small businesses have been
reclassified under American Mainline Operations (e.g. contract
maintenance and magazine). As a result, we have provided
restated numbers for 2000 on a comparable basis. Please note
that this minor change does not impact AMR Consolidated numbers.