US. American Airlines has reported a passenger traffic rise of +4.6% on a -1.1% decline in capacity in December.
The airline flew 11.49 billion revenue passenger miles in December, up from 10.98 billion a year earlier. International traffic advanced by +8.8%. The load factor rose to 78.9% from 74.6% last December.
For the full year 2005 American Airlines flew 138.23 billion revenue passenger miles, up +6.3% from 130.03 billion a year earlier. International traffic climbed by +11.5%. Load factor improved to 78.5% from 74.7% last time.
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