American Airlines (AAL) 8-K Other Events

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

_____________

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 3, 2008

                         AMR CORPORATION                   _

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                     1-8400                                      75-1825172           _

(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)

    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01  Other Events

AMR Corporation is filing herewith a press release issued on December 3, 2008 by American Airlines, Inc. as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein.  This press release was issued to report November traffic for American Airlines, Inc.

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.

    AMR CORPORATION

/s/ Kenneth W. Wimberly

Kenneth W. Wimberly

Corporate Secretary

Dated:  December 3, 2008

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Description

99.1                    Press Release

CONTACT:         Tim Wagner

Corporate Communications

Fort Worth, Texas

817-967-1577

corp.comm@aa.com

FOR RELEASE:  Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a November load factor of 76.6 percent, a decline of 4.6 points versus the same period last year.  Traffic decreased 14.5 percent and capacity decreased 9.3 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 19.3 percent year over year on 15 percent less capacity.  International traffic decreased by 5.4 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 1.3 percent.

American boarded 6.7 million passengers in November.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		November
		2008			2007			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			9,531,878			11,146,025			-14.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		5,885,065			7,292,496			-19.3
	INTERNATIONAL		3,646,813			3,853,528			-5.4
	ATLANTIC		1,397,476			1,528,886			-8.6
	LATIN AMERICA		1,816,839			1,871,138			-2.9
	PACIFIC		432,498			453,504			-4.6
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			12,445,425			13,722,504			-9.3	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		7,574,104			8,915,225			-15.0
	INTERNATIONAL		4,871,321			4,807,279			1.3
	ATLANTIC		1,831,849			1,904,237			-3.8
	LATIN AMERICA		2,475,644			2,344,576			5.6
	PACIFIC		563,828			558,466			1.0
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			76.6	%		81.2	%		-4.6	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			77.7			81.8			-4.1
INTERNATIONAL			74.9			80.2			-5.3
ATLANTIC			76.3			80.3			-4.0
LATIN AMERICA			73.4			79.8			-6.4
PACIFIC			76.7			81.2			-4.5
PASSENGERS BOARDED			6,714,252			7,984,035			-15.9	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			155,650			180,200			-13.6	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
		YTD November
		2008			2007			CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
SYSTEM			121,406,417			127,182,947			-4.5	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		76,871,133			82,766,326			-7.1
	INTERNATIONAL		44,535,283			44,416,621			0.3
	ATLANTIC		17,872,369			18,414,253			-2.9
	LATIN AMERICA		21,604,482			20,850,643			3.6
	PACIFIC		5,058,433			5,151,725			-1.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
SYSTEM			150,456,278			155,607,832			-3.3	%
	D.O.T. DOMESTIC		93,891,110			99,542,111			-5.7
	INTERNATIONAL		56,565,169			56,065,720			0.9
	ATLANTIC		22,725,703			22,988,685			-1.1
	LATIN AMERICA		27,667,359			26,889,833			2.9
	PACIFIC		6,172,106			6,187,203			-0.2
LOAD FACTOR
SYSTEM			80.7	%		81.7	%		-1.0	Pts
D.O.T. DOMESTIC			81.9			83.1			-1.3
INTERNATIONAL			78.7			79.2			-0.5
ATLANTIC			78.6			80.1			-1.5
LATIN AMERICA			78.1			77.5			0.5
PACIFIC			82.0			83.3			-1.3
PASSENGERS BOARDED			85,489,315			90,241,357			-5.3	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,870,208			1,942,062			-3.7	%

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