American Airlines Group Aug. Traffic Down 2.8% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - American Airlines Group (AAL) reported that its total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 20.4 billion for August 2016, down 2.8 percent from August 2015. Total capacity was 24.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.4 percent from August 2015. Total passenger load factor was 82.9 percent, down 3.6 percentage points from August 2015.

The company continues to expect third-quarter total revenue per available seat mile to be down approximately 3.0 to 5.0 percent year-over-year. The company continues to expect third-quarter pretax margin excluding special items to be between 12 and 14 percent.