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United CEO Scott Kirby diminished American in comments on Wednesday. American CEO Robert Isom barely responded during American's earnings call.

Global airline American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) announced in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 4.6% year on year to $13.66 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.86 per share was 30.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Shares of American Airlines plunged Thursday after the carrier released a disappointing 2025 profit outlook even as its earnings topped expectations in the most recent quarter.

American Airlines shares (AAL) tumbled Thursday, after the carrier predicted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss. That outlook stood apart from rivals [United](

Despite this record-breaking quarter to end last year, however, American Airlines stock has dropped to begin 2025. For the current quarter ending in March, American Airlines expects its results to range from a loss of 40 cents per share to a loss of 20 cents per share. The company expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.70 to $2.70 per share.

American Airlines also highlighted how, helped by record free cash flow of $2.2 billion, it had made big progress in meeting its debt reduction targets from its 2021 peak. According to American Airlines’ 2024 financial report, lowering debt levels will remain a priority for American Airlines’ management during this fiscal year.

American Airlines last year said it would reverse a business-travel sales strategy that backfired. The airline signed a new credit card deal with Citi late last year. American Airlines reported a jump in fourth-quarter profits with results coming in ahead of analysts’ expectations,

American Airlines Group Inc. delivered a disappointing first-quarter earnings outlook on Thursday, forecasting a wider-than-expected loss and sending its shares tumbling more than 5%. The carrier projected an adjusted loss per share of 20 cents to 40 cents for the first three months of 2025,

American reported an 8% increase in business travel revenue and negotiated new deals with several travel agencies.

Fort Worth-based American Airlines’ revenue hit an all time high, but the company is already facing challenges in 2025.

GE Aerospace posted a surge in quarterly revenue that blew past Wall Street's estimates as the jet-engine maker received an influx of orders to end the year. The carrier posted higher-than-expected results but its stock price took a hit after its forecast for the current quarter was under Wall Street expectations.