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Article: AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER MILES FIFTH BEST IN HISTORY / DURING JUNE
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 9, 1986
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DALLAS - American Airlines Inc. flew 4.16 billion revenue
passenger miles in June, a decline of 8.4 percent from June 1985, but
still the second best June and the fifth best month in the company's
history, the airline said Tuesday.
American attributed the decline to the inflated traffic caused by
a strike at a major competitor last year.
For the first six months of the year, American reported an 8.7
percent increase in revenue passenger miles from the corresponding
period of 1985, to 23.8 billion miles from 21.9 billion.
The airline's capacity, measured in available seat miles,
increased 7.6 percent in June, to 6.23 billion seat miles from 5.79
billion. American's June load factor declined ...