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The first major U.S. airline to report 2011 first-quarter financial results, American Airlines (AA) on Wednesday cited skyrocketing fuel costs among factors that it says offset what would otherwise have been better news for its investors.
AMR, the parent of AA, reported a first-quarter loss of $436 million, or $1.31 a share, an improvement over the same quarter in 2010, when it lost $505 million, or $1.52 a share. Excluding special items, the loss was $405 million, or $1.21 per share. Total revenue rose 9.2 percent to $5.53 billion, and passenger revenue per available seat mile, or PRASM, a key metric for the industry, was up by 5 percent. But fuel costs for AA were up by $366 million, 24.8 percent over the first quarter of 2010.
AA also said full-year mainline capacity growth would be 1.4 percentage points lower than originally planned, increasing 2.2 percent from 2010. On a consolidated (mainline and regional) basis, it expects a 2.8 percent increase for full-year capacity. It also plans to retire at least 25 MD-80 aircraft this year and add newer, more fuel-efficient planes, including five Boeing 777-300ERs, up from the three it previously ordered.
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