（中央社記者張蕙燕達拉斯三日專電）全球最大的航空公司美國航空公司（American Airlines, AA），一年來在經歷幾乎瀕臨宣告破產的危機之後，公布上個月的載客率達百分之七十五，明顯出現業績回春的現象。
總部設在德州沃斯堡的AA航空指出，三月份該公司的成長率比去年三月成長了將近百分之十一，載客率達百分之七十五，較去年同期增長了四個百分點。
該公司表示，這項成長數據比預期為佳。
自從在美國九一一事件中，AA航空公司的兩架民航機遭恐怖份子劫持並撞毀之後，AA的發展便一蹶不振，雖不斷裁員、減少成本因應，但第二次波斯灣戰爭開打以及SARS衝擊旅遊業，更是令AA的業務雪上加霜。去年四月間，瀕臨宣告破產的AA，在與工會達成協議，減薪三成，每年固定撙節成本十八億美元，以挽救瀕臨破產的厄運。
據了解，節約成本的努力包括，降低機師成本六億六千萬美元、空服員三億四千萬美元、運輸工會工人六億兩千萬美元、業務代表和規劃師八千萬美元，管理階層和支援人員一億美元。
不過，經濟分析師指出，去年三月在波灣戰事以及SARS的衝擊下，表現自然不佳，因此今年三月的成長數據是在較低的起點上成長。另外，由於在未來數月中的航空票價依然低廉，所以航空業者的全年歲收仍不見樂觀。
但是AA的財務報表公布後，仍使得該公司的股票在週五有了亮麗的表現，道瓊指數漲幅達百分之六。
據了解，AA航空公司三月份的國際航線，成長強勁。其中，亞洲航線成長百分之三十，拉丁美洲航線成長百分之二十，歐洲航線成長將近百分之二十一；而美國國內航線，則成長了百分之七。
分析師表示，AA航空公司美國國內線的強勁對手，同時總部設在達拉斯的美國西南航空，頻頻以打折票吸引消費者，甚至將票價降至一九九七年的水準，可以說仍是AA航空公司追求成長過程的一大剋星。930403
附記 911事件
At 8.46 am on Tuesday September 11, at the height of the New York rush hour, American Airlines 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, starting a chain of events which saw the worst terrorist attacks on US soil. This is how the events unfolded throughout the day...
08:40 Eastern Daylight Time, 13:40 British Summer Time
American Airlines Flight 11 is reported to have been hijacked.
08:43 EDT/ 13:43 BST
United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles is also reported hijacked. Two F-15 jet fighters take off from Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
08:46 EDT/13:46 BST
American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
09:03 EDT/14:03 BST
The world watches as a second passenger jet, United Airlines Flight 175, crashes into the south tower of the Trade Center causing a devastating explosion. It became clear to everyone watching that this was not an accident.
09:10 EDT/14:10 BST
In Florida, President Bush is reading to children in a classroom when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispers news of the attacks into his ear
09:40 EDT/14:40 BST
American Airlines Flight 77, carrying 64 people from Washington to Los Angeles, crashes into the Pentagon in Washington.
09:50 EDT/14:50 BST
All airports across the US are shut down and all commercial flights grounded.
10:03 EDT/15:03 BST
United Airlines Flight 93 crashes 80 miles south east of Pittsburgh. It had been bound for San Francisco from Newark, New Jersey.
10:05 EDT/15:10 BST
The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses. Many fire-fighters, emergency services and workers are still in the tower
10:29 EDT/15:29 BST
The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
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