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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: December 19, 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, a monthly update, and an
updated fleet plan.
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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: December 19, 2001
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AMR EAGLE EYE
December 17, 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, earnings, 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: the
continuing impact of the events of September 11, 2001 to the
company, 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
Attached is our monthly guidance on unit cost, fuel, traffic and
capacity. As with recent month's update, we are including
information for TWA LLC and have included TWA in the AMR unit
cost guidance.
Additionally, unit costs for the Fourth Quarter are expected to
be somewhat higher than earlier estimates due to higher than
planned security and insurance costs.
Finally, as a follow-up to the recent series of aircraft
retirement announcements and changes to planned deliveries, we
have also attached an updated fleet plan reflecting the changes
through 2002. As always, this plan remains subject to change.
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 Actual ---Forecast---
Oct Nov Dec 4Q01
AMR Cost per ASM 11.8 12.2 11.8 11.9
American Mainline Operations Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual Actual ---Forecast---
Oct Nov Dec 4Q01
AA Cost per ASM 11.3 11.7 11.3 11.5
Prior Year (2000) Restated* 11.0 10.9 11.6 11.2
TWA LLC Operating Cost per ASM (in cents)
Actual Actual ---Forecast---
Oct Nov Dec 4Q01
TWA Cost per ASM 11.8 12.8 12.2 12.2
Capacity, Traffic and Fuel
Actual Actual ---Forecast---
Oct Nov Dec 4Q01
AA Mainline Ops:
Capacity (yr/yr) -15.4% -15.5% -11.2% -14.1%
Traffic (yr/yr) -27.9% -19.8% -15.3% -21.2%
Fuel (cents/gal incl. tax) 78 74 67 73
Fuel Consumption (mil. gal.) 213 203 219 635
American Eagle:
Capacity (yr/yr) -3.0% -4.5% -1.7% -3.1%
Traffic (yr/yr) -10.0% -4.9% -4.3% -6.5%
TWA Airlines LLC:
Capacity (000,000) ASMs 1,952 1,821 1,831 5,604
yr/yr -38% -40% -40% -39%
Traffic (000,000) RPMs 1,095 1,117 1,072 3,284
yr/yr -51% -47% -47% -48%
* 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.
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AMR Fleet Summary YE2000 to YE2002*
American Airlines
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
Aircraft Type YE 2000 2001 2002 YE 2002
MD11 7 (7) 0
B777 27 13 3 43
B767-3ER 49 49
B767-2ER 22 (1) 21
A300 ER 10 10
B767-200 8 8
A300 2-Class 25 (1) 24
B757 102 15 6 123
B737 51 26 77
B727 60 (27) (33) 0
MD90 5 (5) 0
MD82/83/87 276 (17) 259
F100 75 (1) 74
Total AA Fleet
Inc./(Dec.) (5) (24) (29)
Total AA Fleet 717 712 688 688
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Ex - TWA Close YOY Change On Hand
Aircraft Type 09-Apr-01 2001 2002 YE 2002
B767-300ER 9 (3) 6
B757 27 27
MD82/83 103 103
B717 15 15 30
DC9 19 (19) 0
Total ex TWA Fleet
Inc./(Dec.) (4) (3) (7)
Total ex TWA Fleet 173 169 166 166
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
Aircraft Type YE 2000 2001 2002 YE 2002
Combined Fleet
Inc/(Dec) 164 (27) 137
Combined Fleet 717 881 854 854
American Eagle
On Hand YOY Change On Hand
Aircraft Type YE 2000 2001 2002 YE 2002
Saab 340 104 (13) (15) 76
ATR-42 31 (7) (8) 16
S-ATR 43 (1) 42
Turboprop Totals 178 (20) (24) 134
Embraer ERJ-145 50 6 56
Embraer ERJ-135 33 7 40
Embraer ERJ-140 0 15 28 43
CRJ-700 0 2 9 11
Total AE Fleet
Inc./(Dec.) 10 13 23
Total AE Fleet 261 271 284 284
* Summary includes firm aircraft orders and planned fleet
retirements.