American Airlines Group Combined Dec. Traffic Up 5.7% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - American Airlines Group (AAL) reported December traffic results for both American Airlines and US Airways. On a combined basis, the Group traffic increased 5.7 percent to 18.15 billion Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs), from prior year. Combined capacity was 21.67 billion Available Seat Miles (ASMs); up 1.9 percent from prior year. Total Load Factor was 83.8 percent; up 3.0 points from December 2012. American Airlines' traffic for the month were 11.9 billion RPMs, up 5.0 percent from prior year. Capacity was 14.2 billion ASMs, up 1.1 percent versus December 2012. Load factor was 83.3 percent, up 3.1 points versus December 2012. Passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of December increased approximately 9 percent versus the same period last year.

US Airways' traffic for the month were 6.3 billion RPMs, up 7.0 percent versus December 2012. Capacity was 7.4 billion ASMs, up 3.6 percent versus December 2012. Load factor was 84.7 percent for the month of December, up 2.7 points versus December 2012. Passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of December increased approximately 12 percent versus the same period last year.