AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines and American Eagle Airlines, reports that consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile increased 11.6 percent in April compared with April 2011.
The improvement was driven by high load factors -- the percentage of seats occupied -- and a strong yield environment, executives said.
AMR's consolidated load factor of 82.9 percent in April was up by 2.5 points from the same month last year.
Consolidated passenger traffic was down 0.2 percent in April, to 11.2 billion revenue passenger miles, compared with a year earlier, on a 3.2 percent decrease in capacity.
In the first four months of the year, consolidated passenger traffic was 43.53 billion revenue passenger miles, a 2.4 percent increase, on a 0.4 percent decrease in capacity.
A revenue passenger mile is flying one paying passenger one mile.
In April, international traffic increased 1.8 percent, to 4.1 billion revenue passenger miles, versus April 2011, on 2.8 percent less capacity. The international load factor was 81.7 percent, an increase of 3.7 points versus April 2011.
In the first four months, international traffic was 16.05 billion revenue passenger miles, a 4.6 percent increase, on a 1.3 percent increase in capacity.
Domestic traffic was 6.25 billion revenue passenger miles in April, a 2.2 percent decrease from April 2011, on a 4.1 percent decrease in capacity.
In the first four months, domestic traffic totaled 24.26 billion revenue passenger miles, up 0.1 percent, on a 2.1 percent decrease in capacity.
In April, American Airlines boarded 7.13 million passengers, up 0.1 percent. In the first four months, American boarded 27.9 million passengers, an increase of 2.5 percent compared with the same period a year ago.
American Eagle boarded 1.8 million passengers in April, a 3.6 percent increase over the same month last year. In the first four months, the regional carrier boarded 6.7 million passengers, up 5.1 percent.
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