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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of earliest event

reported: August 4, 2010

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 August 4, 2010 by American Airlines, Inc. as Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued to report July 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: August 4, 2010

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, August 4, 2010

AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS JULY TRAFFIC

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines reported a July load factor of 87.0 percent, a decrease of 0.3 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 2.7 percent and capacity increased 3.1 percent year over year.

Domestic traffic decreased 0.4 percent year over year on 0.8 percent more capacity. International traffic increased by 7.8 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 6.5 percent.

American boarded 8.1 million passengers in July.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
				July
			2010		2009		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		11,973,486		11,656,247		2.7	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,208,075		7,237,530		(0.4)
		INTERNATIONAL	4,765,411		4,418,716		7.8
		ATLANTIC	1,985,170		1,891,493		5.0
		LATIN AMERICA	2,204,223		2,044,941		7.8
		PACIFIC	576,018		482,282		19.4
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		13,762,795		13,354,775		3.1	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	8,143,689		8,078,081		0.8
		INTERNATIONAL	5,619,106		5,276,694		6.5
		ATLANTIC	2,268,762		2,269,820		0.0
		LATIN AMERICA	2,674,604		2,426,264		10.2
		PACIFIC	675,740		580,610		16.4
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		87	%	87.3	%	(0.3)	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	88.5		89.6		(1.1)
		INTERNATIONAL	84.8		83.7		1.1
		ATLANTIC	87.5		83.3		4.2
		LATIN AMERICA	82.4		84.3		(1.9)
		PACIFIC	85.2		83.1		2.2
PASSENGERS BOARDED			8,063,089		8,162,335		(1.2)	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			162,282		136,405		19.0	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
				YEAR-TO-DATE July
			2010		2009		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		72,876,396		71,802,221		1.5	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	45,262,629		45,174,339		0.2
		INTERNATIONAL	27,613,768		26,627,883		3.7
		ATLANTIC	10,682,279		10,673,373		0.1
		LATIN AMERICA	13,478,482		12,820,711		5.1
		PACIFIC	3,453,007		3,133,799		10.2
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		89,001,299		89,684,041		(0.8)	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	54,389,569		54,534,172		(0.3)
		INTERNATIONAL	34,611,730		35,149,869		(1.5)
		ATLANTIC	13,317,506		14,006,959		(4.9)
		LATIN AMERICA	17,200,963		17,174,067		0.2
		PACIFIC	4,093,261		3,968,843		3.1
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		81.9	%	80.1	%	1.8	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	83.2		82.8		0.4
		INTERNATIONAL	79.8		75.8		4.0
		ATLANTIC	80.2		76.2		4.0
		LATIN AMERICA	78.4		74.7		3.7
		PACIFIC	84.4		79		5.4
PASSENGERS BOARDED			50,410,182		50,590,431		(0.4)	%

SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			1,087,751		906,170		20.0	%

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