**Exhibit      12**

**AMERICAN      AIRLINES, INC.**

**Computation      of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**

** (in      millions)**

|                                                                                          |   | Three                Months                Ended September 30, |   |   | Nine                Months                EndedSeptember                30, |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                          |   | 2007                                                           |   |   | 2006                                                                        |   |   | 2007 |   |   | 2006 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                (loss):                                                               |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                (loss) before income taxes                                            |   | $                                                              | 146    |   |                                                                        | $      | 1 |   |   | $ | 469 |   |   | $ | 175 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Add:  Total                fixed charges (per below)                                |   |                                                           | 421    |   |                                                                        |   | 432 |   |   |   | 1,274 |   |   |   | 1,276 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Less:  Interest                capitalized                                          |   |                                                           | 2      |   |                                                                        |   | 7 |   |   |   | 17 |   |   |   | 21 |   |
| Total                earnings (loss) before income taxes                                      |   | $                                                              | 565    |   |                                                                        | $      | 426 |   |   | $ | 1,726 |   |   | $ | 1,430 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fixed                charges:                                                                 |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest,                including interest capitalized                                       |   | $                                                              | 199    |   |                                                                        | $      | 217 |   |   | $ | 610 |   |   | $ | 635 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Portion                of                rental expense representative of the interest factor |   |                                                           | 219    |   |                                                                        |   | 212 |   |   |   | 655 |   |   |   | 630 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Amortization                of debt expense                                                   |   |                                                           | 3      |   |                                                                        |   | 3 |   |   |   | 9 |   |   |   | 11 |   |
| Total                fixed                charges                                             |   | $                                                              | 421    |   |                                                                        | $      | 432 |   |   | $ | 1,274 |   |   | $ | 1,276 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Ratio                of                earnings to fixed charges                              |   |                                                           | 1.34   |   |                                                                        |   | - |   |   |   | 1.35 |   |   |   | 1.12 |   |
|                                                                                          |   |                                                           |   |   |                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Coverage                deficiency                                                            |   | $                                                              | -      |   |                                                                        | $      | 6 |   |   | $ | - |   |   | $ | - |   |

| Note: | As                of                September 30, 2007, American has guaranteed approximately $1.1 billion                of                AMR’s unsecured debt and approximately $347 million of AMR Eagle’s secured                debt.  The impact of these unconditional guarantees is not                included in the above                computation. |
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