Exhibit 32
                        American Airlines, Inc.
                             Certification
       Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
   (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18,
                          United States Code)


Pursuant   to  section  906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act   of   2002
(subsections  (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63  of  title  18,
United  States  Code), each of the undersigned officers  of  American
Airlines,  Inc.,  a Delaware corporation (the Company),  does  hereby
certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004
(the  Form  10-Q) of the Company fully complies with the requirements
of  section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
information  contained  in  the Form 10-Q  fairly  presents,  in  all
material  respects, the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company.

Date:  July 22, 2004               /s/ Gerard J. Arpey
                                   Gerard J. Arpey
                                   President, Chairman and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

Date:  July 22, 2004               /s/ James A. Beer
                                   James A. Beer
                                   Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer



The  foregoing  certification is being furnished solely  pursuant  to
section  906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections  (a)  and
(b)  of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and
is  not  being  filed  as  part of the Form 10-Q  or  as  a  separate
disclosure document.