American Airlines Reports September Traffic

                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                            September

                                       2008            2007        CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                         9,858,291      10,849,454        -9.1 %

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC              6,083,733       6,886,530       -11.7

      INTERNATIONAL                3,774,558       3,962,924        -4.8

      ATLANTIC                     1,702,667       1,824,083        -6.7

      LATIN AMERICA                1,625,904       1,672,865        -2.8

      PACIFIC                        445,987         465,976        -4.3

   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                        12,869,750      13,832,902        -7.0 %

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC              8,003,291       8,833,819        -9.4

      INTERNATIONAL                4,866,459       4,999,083        -2.7

      ATLANTIC                     2,184,973       2,217,043        -1.4

      LATIN AMERICA                2,116,918       2,223,942        -4.8

      PACIFIC                        564,568         558,099         1.2

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                              76.6 %          78.4 %      -1.8 Pts

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   76.0            78.0        -1.9

      INTERNATIONAL                     77.6            79.3        -1.7

      ATLANTIC                          77.9            82.3        -4.3

      LATIN AMERICA                     76.8            75.2         1.6

      PACIFIC                           79.0            83.5        -4.5

   PASSENGERS BOARDED              6,762,979       7,518,518       -10.0 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)      159,128         172,429        -7.7 %









                   AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION

                 COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

                        EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES



                                          YTD September

                                       2008            2007        CHANGE

   REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       101,363,593     104,514,276        -3.0 %

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC             64,334,624      67,954,578        -5.3

      INTERNATIONAL               37,028,969      36,559,698         1.3

      ATLANTIC                    14,789,107      15,101,398        -2.1

      LATIN AMERICA               18,084,154      17,241,878         4.9

      PACIFIC                      4,155,708       4,216,421        -1.4

   AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

    SYSTEM                       124,713,362     127,580,658        -2.2 %

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC             78,019,596      81,377,832        -4.1

      INTERNATIONAL               46,693,766      46,202,827         1.1

      ATLANTIC                    18,710,221      18,864,366        -0.8

      LATIN AMERICA               22,958,516      22,288,928         3.0

      PACIFIC                      5,025,029       5,049,533        -0.5

   LOAD FACTOR

    SYSTEM                              81.3 %          81.9 %      -0.6 Pts

      D.O.T. DOMESTIC                   82.5            83.5        -1.0

      INTERNATIONAL                     79.3            79.1         0.2

      ATLANTIC                          79.0            80.1        -1.0

      LATIN AMERICA                     78.8            77.4         1.4

      PACIFIC                           82.7            83.5        -0.8

   PASSENGERS BOARDED             71,335,876      74,076,068        -3.7 %



   SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)    1,547,449       1,574,060        -1.7 %