American Airlines Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Financial Results

Source: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 28 Jan 2021 06:00:03 America/Chicago

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 financial results, including:

Fourth-quarter revenue of $4.0 billion, down 64% year over year on a 53% year-over-year reduction in total available seat miles (ASMs).
Fourth-quarter net loss of $2.2 billion, or ($3.81) per share. Excluding net special items¹, fourth-quarter net loss was $2.2 billion, or ($3.86) per share.
Full-year net loss of $8.9 billion, or ($18.36) per share. Excluding net special items², full-year net loss was $9.5 billion, or ($19.66) per share.
Ended fourth quarter with approximately $14.3 billion of total available liquidity. Company expects to end the first quarter of 2021 with approximately $15.0 billion in total available liquidity.
Incorporated more than $1.3 billion of permanent non-volume, non-fuel efficiency cost-saving measures into 2021 operating plan.

“Our fourth-quarter financial results close out the most challenging year in our company’s history,” said American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker. “However, we couldn’t be prouder of the American Airlines team and the great things they accomplished last year. Through collaboration, resourcefulness and hard work, our team did its part to keep the economy moving. The American team flew more customers than any other airline in 2020, and they did so safely and with the utmost care.

“As we look to the year ahead, 2021 will be a year of recovery. While we don’t know exactly when passenger demand will return, as vaccine distribution takes hold and travel restrictions are lifted, we will be ready. We are confident that the actions we have taken to improve our customer experience, enhance our network and increase our efficiency position us well for the future.”

American took a number of steps in 2020 to respond to the pandemic and strengthen its business, with an emphasis on supporting its team members, customers and communities; reducing costs; and improving its liquidity position.

To support its team members, customers and communities, American:

Enhanced its cleaning procedures at airports and onboard aircraft under the guidance of its Travel Health Advisory Panel, earning the STAR^® Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council for effective cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention practices onboard its aircraft and in its lounges.
Introduced a preflight coronavirus (COVID-19) testing program to help reopen certain international travel markets. American now offers testing for many international destinations and has introduced at-home testing for customers traveling to all U.S. locations that require negative tests.
Began the rollout of mobile wellness wallet solution VeriFLY to make domestic and international travel simpler. Travelers can now easily understand COVID-19 testing and documentation requirements for their destination and streamline airport check-in through digital verification. Starting today, customers also will be able to use VeriFLY for travel from the United States to the U.K. and Canada.
Eliminated fees for:
- Ticket changes on all domestic and international itineraries when traveling from North and South America, with the exception of Basic Economy fares that are nonchangeable.
- Mileage redeposits for canceled award bookings.
- Domestic same-day standby.
- Booking reservations by phone.
Made it easier for top-tier customers to earn AAdvantage^® elite status in 2020 and 2021, paused mileage expiration through June 30, 2021, and extended 2020 AAdvantage status into early 2022 for all members.
Launched the company’s first cargo-only flights since 1984 to transport critical goods, including the COVID-19 vaccine, and increased service to include 41 destinations for strategic cargo-only opportunities. American helped customers move nearly 800 million pounds of critical goods around the world in 2020, including 167 million pounds on the airline’s more than 5,200 cargo-only flights.
Announced its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and detailed the company’s strategy and pathway in its ESG Report.

To reduce costs and conserve cash, American:

Removed more than $17 billion from its operating and capital budgets for 2020 primarily through reduced flying.
Incorporated more than $1.3 billion of permanent non-volume, non-fuel efficiency cost-saving measures into 2021 operating plan.
Retired five aircraft types (Embraer 190, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus A330 and Bombardier CRJ200), along with a number of older regional aircraft. The company also placed certain older Boeing 737-800 aircraft into temporary storage. These changes removed more than 150 aircraft from the fleet and brought forward significant cost savings and efficiencies associated with operating fewer aircraft types, giving American the youngest fleet among the U.S. network carriers.
Reached an agreement with Boeing to secure rights to defer deliveries of 18 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and finalized a series of sale-leaseback transactions to finance its Airbus A321 aircraft deliveries in 2021. To date, five of the 18 737 MAX deferral rights have been exercised.
Reset its international capacity and network for 2021, including exiting 19 international routes from six hubs.
Reduced non-aircraft capital expense by $700 million in 2020 and another $300 million in 2021 through reductions in fleet modification work, the elimination of ground service equipment purchases, and pausing noncritical facility investments and IT projects.
Introduced programs to right-size its frontline and management teams. In total, more than 20,000 team members opted to participate in a voluntary early out or long-term partially paid leave during the year, and the company reduced its management and support staff team by approximately 30%.
Made the difficult decision to proceed with furloughs to reduce headcount absent an extension of the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP). American’s furloughed team members have since had their pay and benefits reinstated with the passage of a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package that renewed the PSP from Dec. 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.

To improve its liquidity position, American:

Reduced its daily cash burn rate³ from nearly $100 million in April 2020 to approximately $30 million in the fourth quarter. This improvement was driven by the company’s revenue and cost-reduction initiatives throughout the year.
Secured approximately $9 billion in financial assistance through two rounds of PSP legislation and executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the CARES Act loan program that gives the company access to up to $7.5 billion of secured term loans, of which $550 million has been drawn.
Raised more than $13 billion during the year through various other equity and debt offerings.
Expects to end the first quarter with approximately $15.0 billion in total available liquidity.

Network and partnerships
American reset its network in 2020 to play to the strengths of its hubs and take advantage of its younger and simplified fleet. The airline also established new and innovative partnerships with Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will create the best and largest network for customers on the West Coast and in the Northeast. These partnerships will allow for efficient growth, including the launch of new service in 2021 between Seattle and London, Shanghai and Bangalore, and between New York and Tel Aviv and Athens.

Demand and capacity outlook
The company will continue to match its forward capacity with observed bookings trends. Compared to the first quarter of 2019, American expects its first-quarter system capacity to be down 45%, with total revenue expected to be down 60 to 65%.

Conference call and webcast details
The company will conduct a live audio webcast of its financial results call at 7:30 a.m. CST today. The call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at aa.com/investorrelations. An archive of the webcast will be available on the website through Feb. 28.

Notes
See the accompanying notes in the Financial Tables section of this press release for further explanation, including a reconciliation of all GAAP to non-GAAP financial information.

1. The company recognized $36 million of nonoperating net special items during the fourth quarter of 2020. These net special items principally included mark-to-market net unrealized gains and losses associated with certain equity investments and treasury rate lock derivative instruments.

2. The 2020 12-month period mainline operating special items, net principally included $3.7 billion of PSP financial assistance, offset in part by $1.5 billion of fleet impairment charges, $1.4 billion of salary and medical costs primarily associated with certain team members who opted in to voluntary early retirement programs offered as a result of reductions to the company's operation due to COVID-19, and $228 million of one-time labor contract expenses resulting from the ratification of a new contract with the company's maintenance and fleet service team members, including signing bonuses and adjustments to vacation accruals resulting from pay rate increases.

The 2020 12-month period regional operating special items, net principally included $444 million of PSP financial assistance, offset in part by $117 million of fleet impairment charges and $18 million of salary and medical costs primarily associated with the voluntary early retirement programs as discussed above.

The company recognized $170 million of nonoperating net special items in 2020. These net special items principally included mark-to-market net unrealized gains and losses associated with certain equity investments and treasury rate lock derivative instruments as well as charges associated with debt refinancings and extinguishments.

3. A reconciliation of this calculation can be found in the tables that follow.

About American Airlines Group
American’s purpose is to care for people on life’s journey. Shares of Agmerican Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL and the company’s stock is included in the S&P 500. Learn more about what’s happening at American by visiting news.aa.com and connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.

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American Airlines Group Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In millions, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

	3 Months Ended December 31,						Percent		12 Months Ended December 31,						Percent
		2020			2019		Change			2020			2019		Change

Operating revenues:
Passenger	$	3,190		$	10,347		(69.2	)	$	14,518		$	42,010		(65.4	)
Cargo		285			216		32.0			769			863		(10.8	)
Other		552			750		(26.5	)		2,050			2,895		(29.2	)
Total operating revenues		4,027			11,313		(64.4	)		17,337			45,768		(62.1	)

Operating expenses:
Aircraft fuel and related taxes		516			1,816		(71.6	)		2,581			7,526		(65.7	)
Salaries, wages and benefits		2,577			3,100		(16.9	)		10,960			12,609		(13.1	)
Regional expenses:
Fuel		182			475		(61.6	)		821			1,869		(56.1	)
Depreciation and amortization		79			90		(12.3	)		325			336		(3.1	)
Other		992			1,355		(26.8	)		3,746			5,296		(29.3	)
Maintenance, materials and repairs		330			635		(48.0	)		1,583			2,380		(33.5	)
Other rent and landing fees		387			487		(20.5	)		1,536			2,055		(25.3	)
Aircraft rent		336			330		2.0			1,341			1,326		1.1
Selling expenses		94			407		(76.9	)		513			1,602		(68.0	)
Depreciation and amortization		484			513		(5.7	)		2,040			1,982		3.0
Special items, net		-			147		(99.9	)		(657	)		635		nm
Other		565			1,229		(54.0	)		2,969			5,087		(41.6	)
Total operating expenses		6,542			10,584		(38.2	)		27,758			42,703		(35.0	)

Operating income (loss)		(2,515	)		729		nm	⁽¹⁾		(10,421	)		3,065		nm

Nonoperating income (expense):
Interest income		5			24		(80.0	)		41			127		(67.7	)
Interest expense, net		(376	)		(265	)	41.6			(1,227	)		(1,095	)	12.0
Other income, net		77			83		(7.2	)		154			159		(3.2	)
Total nonoperating expense, net		(294	)		(158	)	85.5			(1,032	)		(809	)	27.5

Income (loss) before income taxes		(2,809	)		571		nm			(11,453	)		2,256		nm

Income tax provision (benefit)		(631	)		157		nm			(2,568	)		570		nm

Net income (loss)	$	(2,178	)	$	414		nm		$	(8,885	)	$	1,686		nm


Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	(3.81	)	$	0.95				$	(18.36	)	$	3.80
Diluted	$	(3.81	)	$	0.95				$	(18.36	)	$	3.79

Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic		571,984			434,578					483,888			443,363
Diluted		571,984			435,659					483,888			444,269


Note: Percent change may not recalculate due to rounding.

⁽¹⁾ Not meaningful or greater than 100% change.

American Airlines Group Inc.
Consolidated Operating Statistics
(Unaudited)

	3 Months Ended December 31,					12 Months Ended December 31,
	2020	2019	Change			2020	2019	Change

Mainline
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	17,222	51,675	(66.7	)	%	77,065	212,859	(63.8	)	%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions)	27,169	60,985	(55.4	)	%	119,567	248,833	(51.9	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	63.4	84.7	(21.3	)	pts	64.5	85.5	(21.0	)	pts

Passenger enplanements (thousands)	15,726	38,757	(59.4	)	%	65,756	155,821	(57.8	)	%
Departures (thousands)	141	279	(49.3	)	%	619	1,115	(44.5	)	%
Aircraft at end of period ⁽¹⁾	855	942	(9.2	)	%	855	942	(9.2	)	%

Block hours (thousands)	425	847	(49.8	)	%	1,811	3,456	(47.6	)	%
Average stage length (miles)	1,171	1,177	(0.5	)	%	1,132	1,202	(5.8	)	%
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions)	414	895	(53.8	)	%	1,752	3,667	(52.2	)	%
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)	1.25	2.03	(38.5	)	%	1.47	2.05	(28.2	)	%
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period	78,300	104,200	(24.9	)	%	78,300	104,200	(24.9	)	%

Regional ⁽²⁾
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	4,081	7,242	(43.7	)	%	14,760	28,393	(48.0	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	6,050	9,287	(34.9	)	%	23,600	36,255	(34.9	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	67.4	78.0	(10.6	)	pts	62.5	78.3	(15.8	)	pts

Passenger enplanements (thousands)	7,911	15,096	(47.6	)	%	29,568	59,361	(50.2	)	%
Aircraft at end of period ⁽³⁾	544	605	(10.1	)	%	544	605	(10.1	)	%
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions)	138	222	(38.0	)	%	545	870	(37.4	)	%
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)	1.33	2.14	(38.0	)	%	1.51	2.15	(29.9	)	%
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period ⁽⁴⁾	24,400	29,500	(17.3	)	%	24,400	29,500	(17.3	)	%

Total Mainline & Regional
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	21,303	58,917	(63.8	)	%	91,825	241,252	(61.9	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	33,219	70,272	(52.7	)	%	143,167	285,088	(49.8	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	64.1	83.8	(19.7	)	pts	64.1	84.6	(20.5	)	pts
Yield (cents)	14.98	17.56	(14.7	)	%	15.81	17.41	(9.2	)	%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	9.60	14.72	(34.8	)	%	10.14	14.74	(31.2	)	%
Total revenue per ASM (cents)	12.12	16.10	(24.7	)	%	12.11	16.05	(24.6	)	%
Cargo ton miles (millions)	434	599	(27.5	)	%	1,383	2,489	(44.4	)	%
Cargo yield per ton mile (cents)	65.63	36.03	82.2		%	55.63	34.67	60.5		%

Passenger enplanements (thousands)	23,637	53,853	(56.1	)	%	95,324	215,182	(55.7	)	%
Aircraft at end of period ^{(1) (3)}	1,399	1,547	(9.6	)	%	1,399	1,547	(9.6	)	%
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions)	552	1,117	(50.6	)	%	2,297	4,537	(49.4	)	%
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)	1.27	2.05	(38.2	)	%	1.48	2.07	(28.5	)	%
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period	102,700	133,700	(23.2	)	%	102,700	133,700	(23.2	)	%

Operating cost per ASM (cents)	19.69	15.06	30.8		%	19.39	14.98	29.4		%
Operating cost per ASM excluding net special items (cents)	19.69	14.85	32.6		%	20.06	14.75	36.0		%
Operating cost per ASM excluding net special items and fuel (cents)	17.59	11.59	51.8		%	17.69	11.46	54.4		%


⁽¹⁾ Excludes 22 Boeing 737-800 mainline aircraft that are in temporary storage.
⁽²⁾ Regional includes wholly-owned regional airline subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase carriers.
⁽³⁾ Includes aircraft owned and leased by American as well as aircraft operated by third-party regional carriers under capacity purchase agreements. Excludes 27 regional aircraft that are in temporary storage as follows: 18 Embraer 140, seven Embraer 175 and two Embraer 145.
⁽⁴⁾ Regional full-time equivalent employees only include our wholly-owned regional airline subsidiaries.

Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

American Airlines Group Inc.
Consolidated Revenue Statistics by Region
(Unaudited)

	3 Months Ended December 31,					12 Months Ended December 31,
	2020	2019	Change			2020	2019	Change

Domestic ⁽¹⁾
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	17,915	40,436	(55.7	)	%	73,083	161,580	(54.8	)	%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions)	26,392	48,068	(45.1	)	%	112,349	189,221	(40.6	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	67.9	84.1	(16.2	)	pts	65.0	85.4	(20.4	)	pts
Passenger revenue (dollars in millions)	2,663	7,833	(66.0	)	%	11,765	30,881	(61.9	)	%
Yield (cents)	14.86	19.37	(23.3	)	%	16.10	19.11	(15.8	)	%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	10.09	16.30	(38.1	)	%	10.47	16.32	(35.8	)	%

Latin America ⁽²⁾
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	2,956	7,235	(59.1	)	%	11,405	31,029	(63.2	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	4,732	8,476	(44.2	)	%	16,273	36,653	(55.6	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	62.5	85.4	(22.9	)	pts	70.1	84.7	(14.6	)	pts
Passenger revenue (dollars in millions)	466	1,218	(61.7	)	%	1,852	5,047	(63.3	)	%
Yield (cents)	15.76	16.83	(6.3	)	%	16.24	16.27	(0.2	)	%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	9.85	14.37	(31.5	)	%	11.38	13.77	(17.3	)	%

Atlantic
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	266	7,639	(96.5	)	%	4,982	34,152	(85.4	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	1,368	9,372	(85.4	)	%	10,251	42,010	(75.6	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	19.4	81.5	(62.1	)	pts	48.6	81.3	(32.7	)	pts
Passenger revenue (dollars in millions)	33	947	(96.5	)	%	654	4,624	(85.9	)	%
Yield (cents)	12.49	12.40	0.8		%	13.13	13.54	(3.0	)	%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	2.43	10.11	(76.0	)	%	6.38	11.01	(42.0	)	%

Pacific
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	166	3,607	(95.4	)	%	2,355	14,491	(83.7	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	727	4,356	(83.3	)	%	4,294	17,204	(75.0	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	22.9	82.8	(59.9	)	pts	54.8	84.2	(29.4	)	pts
Passenger revenue (dollars in millions)	28	349	(91.8	)	%	247	1,458	(83.1	)	%
Yield (cents)	17.15	9.68	77.2		%	10.49	10.06	4.2		%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	3.92	8.02	(51.1	)	%	5.75	8.47	(32.1	)	%

Total International
Revenue passenger miles (millions)	3,388	18,481	(81.7	)	%	18,742	79,672	(76.5	)	%
Available seat miles (millions)	6,827	22,204	(69.3	)	%	30,818	95,867	(67.9	)	%
Passenger load factor (percent)	49.6	83.2	(33.6	)	pts	60.8	83.1	(22.3	)	pts
Passenger revenue (dollars in millions)	527	2,514	(79.0	)	%	2,753	11,129	(75.3	)	%
Yield (cents)	15.58	13.60	14.5		%	14.69	13.97	5.2		%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents)	7.73	11.32	(31.7	)	%	8.93	11.61	(23.0	)	%

⁽¹⁾ Domestic results include Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
⁽²⁾Latin America results include the Caribbean.

Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Information to Non-GAAP Financial Information

American Airlines Group Inc. (the company) sometimes uses financial measures that are derived from the condensed consolidated financial statements but that are not presented in accordance with GAAP to understand and evaluate its current operating performance and to allow for period-to-period comparisons. The company believes these non-GAAP financial measures may also provide useful information to investors and others. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP measures of other companies, and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flow or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. The company is providing a reconciliation of reported non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable financial measures on a GAAP basis.

The tables below present the reconciliations of the following GAAP measures to their non-GAAP measures:

- Pre-Tax Income (Loss) (GAAP measure) to Pre-Tax Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items (non-GAAP measure) - Pre-Tax Margin (GAAP measure) to Pre-Tax Margin Excluding Net Special Items (non-GAAP measure) - Net Income (Loss) (GAAP measure) to Net Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items (non-GAAP measure) - Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share (GAAP measure) to Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share Excluding Net Special Items (non-GAAP measure) - Operating Income (Loss) (GAAP measure) to Operating Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items (non-GAAP measure)

Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the company's current operating performance and to allow for period-to-period comparisons. As net special items may vary from period-to-period in nature and amount, the adjustment to exclude net special items allows management an additional tool to understand the company’s core operating performance.

Additionally, the tables below present the reconciliations of total operating costs (GAAP measure) to total operating costs excluding net special items and fuel (non-GAAP measure). Management uses total operating costs excluding net special items and aircraft fuel to evaluate the company's current operating performance and for period-to-period comparisons. The price of fuel, over which the company has no control, impacts the comparability of period-to-period financial performance. The adjustment to exclude aircraft fuel and net special items allows management an additional tool to understand and analyze the company’s non-fuel costs and core operating performance.

		3 Months Ended December 31,						Percent Change	12 Months Ended December 31,						Percent Change
	Reconciliation of Pre-Tax Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items		2020			2019		Percent Change		2020			2019		Percent Change


		(in millions, except per share amounts)							(in millions, except per share amounts)

	Pre-tax income (loss) as reported	$	(2,809	)	$	571			$	(11,453	)	$	2,256
	Pre-tax net special items:
	Mainline operating special items, net ⁽¹⁾		-			147				(657	)		635
	Regional operating special items, net ⁽²⁾		-			-				(309	)		6
	Nonoperating special items, net ⁽³⁾		(36	)		(39	)			170			3
	Total pre-tax net special items		(36	)		108				(796	)		644

	Pre-tax income (loss) excluding net special items	$	(2,845	)	$	679		nm	$	(12,249	)	$	2,900		nm


	Calculation of Pre-Tax Margin

	Pre-tax income (loss) as reported	$	(2,809	)	$	571			$	(11,453	)	$	2,256

	Total operating revenues as reported	$	4,027		$	11,313			$	17,337		$	45,768

	Pre-tax margin		-69.7	%		5.0	%			-66.1	%		4.9	%


	Calculation of Pre-Tax Margin Excluding Net Special Items

	Pre-tax income (loss) excluding net special items	$	(2,845	)	$	679			$	(12,249	)	$	2,900

	Total operating revenues as reported	$	4,027		$	11,313			$	17,337		$	45,768

	Pre-tax margin excluding net special items		-70.7	%		6.0	%			-70.7	%		6.3	%


	Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items

	Net income (loss) as reported	$	(2,178	)	$	414			$	(8,885	)	$	1,686
	Net special items:
	Total pre-tax net special items ^{(1), (2), (3)}		(36	)		108				(796	)		644
	Net tax effect of net special items		4			(20	)			170			(151	)
	Net income (loss) excluding net special items	$	(2,210	)	$	502		nm	$	(9,511	)	$	2,179		nm


	Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share Excluding Net Special Items

	Net income (loss) excluding net special items	$	(2,210	)	$	502			$	(9,511	)	$	2,179

	Shares used for computation (in thousands):
	Basic		571,984			434,578				483,888			443,363
	Diluted		571,984			435,659				483,888			444,269

	Earnings (loss) per share excluding net special items:
	Basic	$	(3.86	)	$	1.15			$	(19.66	)	$	4.91
	Diluted	$	(3.86	)	$	1.15			$	(19.66	)	$	4.90

		3 Months Ended December 31,							12 Months Ended December 31,
	Reconciliation of Operating Income (Loss) Excluding Net Special Items	2020			2019				2020			2019

		(in millions)							(in millions)

	Operating income (loss) as reported	$	(2,515	)	$	729			$	(10,421	)	$	3,065

	Operating net special items:
	Mainline operating special items, net ⁽¹⁾		-			147				(657	)		635
	Regional operating special items, net ⁽²⁾		-			-				(309	)		6
	Operating income (loss) excluding net special items	$	(2,515	)	$	876			$	(11,387	)	$	3,706


	Reconciliation of Total Operating Cost per ASM Excluding Net Special Items and Fuel

	Total operating expenses as reported	$	6,542		$	10,584			$	27,758		$	42,703

	Operating net special items:
	Mainline operating special items, net ⁽¹⁾		-			(147	)			657			(635	)
	Regional operating special items, net ⁽²⁾		-			-				309			(6	)
	Total operating expenses, excluding net special items		6,542			10,437				28,724			42,062

	Fuel:
	Aircraft fuel and related taxes - mainline		(516	)		(1,816	)			(2,581	)		(7,526	)
	Aircraft fuel and related taxes - regional		(182	)		(475	)			(821	)		(1,869	)
	Total operating expenses, excluding net special items and fuel	$	5,844		$	8,146			$	25,322		$	32,667

		(in cents)							(in cents)

	Total operating expenses per ASM as reported		19.69			15.06				19.39			14.98

	Operating net special items per ASM:
	Mainline operating special items, net ⁽¹⁾		-			(0.21	)			0.46			(0.22	)
	Regional operating special items, net ⁽²⁾		-			-				0.22			-
	Total operating expenses per ASM, excluding net special items		19.69			14.85				20.06			14.75

	Fuel per ASM:
	Aircraft fuel and related taxes - mainline		(1.55	)		(2.58	)			(1.80	)		(2.64	)
	Aircraft fuel and related taxes - regional		(0.55	)		(0.68	)			(0.57	)		(0.66	)
	Total operating expenses per ASM, excluding net special items and fuel		17.59			11.59				17.69			11.46

	Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

	FOOTNOTES:

⁽¹⁾	The 2020 twelve month period mainline operating special items, net principally included $3.7 billion of Payroll Support Program (PSP) financial assistance, offset in part by $1.5 billion of fleet impairment charges, $1.4 billion of salary and medical costs primarily associated with certain team members who opted in to voluntary early retirement programs offered as a result of reductions to the company's operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and $228 million of one-time labor contract expenses resulting from the ratification of a new contract with the company's maintenance and fleet service team members, including signing bonuses and adjustments to vacation accruals resulting from pay rate increases.

	Cash payments related to the special charges for salary and medical costs primarily associated with the voluntary early retirement programs discussed above were approximately $195 million and $365 million for the 2020 fourth quarter and twelve month period, respectively.

	Fleet impairment charges resulted from the company's decision to retire certain aircraft earlier than planned driven by the decline in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aircraft retired include Airbus A330-200, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus A330-300 and Embraer 190 aircraft. The 2020 twelve month period fleet impairment charges included a $1.4 billion non-cash write-down of mainline aircraft and spare parts and $102 million in cash charges primarily for impairment of right-of-use assets and lease return costs.

	The 2019 fourth quarter mainline operating special items, net principally included $85 million of merger integration expenses and $39 million of fleet restructuring expenses. The 2019 twelve month period mainline operating special items, net principally included $271 million of fleet restructuring expenses, a $213 million non-cash impairment charge principally related to the retirement of the company's Embraer E190 fleet and $191 million of merger integration expenses, offset in part by a $53 million credit to reduce certain litigation reserves.

⁽²⁾	The 2020 twelve month period regional operating special items, net included $444 million of PSP financial assistance, offset in part by $117 million of fleet impairment charges and $18 million of salary and medical costs primarily associated with certain team members who opted in to voluntary early retirement programs offered as a result of reductions to the company's operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

	The fleet impairment charges principally included a non-cash write-down of regional aircraft and spare parts resulting from the company’s decision to retire certain aircraft earlier than planned driven by the decline in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aircraft retired include certain Embraer 140 and Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.

⁽³⁾	Principally included mark-to-market net unrealized gains and losses associated with certain equity investments and treasury rate lock derivative instruments as well as charges associated with debt refinancings and extinguishments.

	Average Daily Cash Burn

	The company's average daily cash burn is presented in the table below, which is a non-GAAP measure that management believes is useful information to investors and others in evaluating the company's liquidity position and cash flows from its core operating performance. The company defines cash burn as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, net cash provided by (used in) investing activities and net cash provided by (used in) financing activities, adjusted for (1) CARES Act Payroll Support Program grant proceeds, (2) net purchases (proceeds from sale) of short-term investments and restricted short-term investments, (3) proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, but excluding aircraft financing, (4) proceeds from issuance of equity, (5) prepayments of long-term debt and (6) other cash flows that are not representative of our core operating performance.

	This non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP measures of other companies, and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flow or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP.

		3 Months Ended December 31, 2020			3 Months Ended September 30, 2020			3 Months Ended June 30, 2020
		(in millions, except days in period)

	Net cash used in operating activities	$	(2,800	)	$	(2,604	)	$	(908	)
	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,696			923			(6,799	)
	Net cash provided by financing activities		1,206			1,511			7,688

	Adjustments:
	CARES Act Payroll Support Program grant proceeds		-			(525	)		(3,693	)
	Net purchases (proceeds from sale) of short-term investments and restricted short-term investments		(1,422	)		(1,391	)		6,608
	Proceeds from issuance of non-aircraft long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs		-			(1,926	)		(7,714	)
	Proceeds from issuance of equity		(1,443	)		-			(1,525	)
	Prepayments of long-term debt		-			-			1,047
	Other		-			-			-

	Total cash burn ⁽¹⁾	$	(2,763	)	$	(4,012	)	$	(5,296	)

	Days in period		92			92			91

	Average daily cash burn	$	(30	)	$	(44	)	$	(58	)


	Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

⁽¹⁾	Of the total cash burn for each of the three months ended December 31, 2020, September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, approximately $515 million, $540 million and $505 million were cash payments for debt amortization, respectively, and approximately $195 million, $120 million and $50 million were cash payments for salary and medical costs principally for our voluntary early retirement programs, respectively, totaling an equivalent of approximately $8 million per day, $8 million per day and $6 million per day, respectively.

American Airlines Group Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In millions)(Unaudited)

		Year Ended December 31,
			2020			2019

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		$	(6,543	)	$	3,815
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits			(1,958	)		(4,268	)
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transactions			665			850
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment			351			54
Purchases of short-term investments			(5,873	)		(3,184	)
Sales of short-term investments			2,803			4,144
Proceeds from vendor			90			250
Increase in restricted short-term investments			(308	)		(3	)
Other investing activities			(112	)		(86	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(4,342	)		(2,243	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt			11,780			3,960
Payments on long-term debt and finance leases			(3,535	)		(4,190	)
Proceeds from issuance of equity			2,970			-
Deferred financing costs			(93	)		(61	)
Treasury stock repurchases and shares withheld for taxes pursuant to employee stock plans			(173	)		(1,097	)
Dividend payments			(43	)		(178	)
Other financing activities			88			(2	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			10,994			(1,568	)
Net increase in cash and restricted cash			109			4
Cash and restricted cash at beginning of year			290			286
Cash and restricted cash at end of year ⁽¹⁾		$	399		$	290



⁽¹⁾	The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash to amounts reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

Cash		$	245		$	280
Restricted cash included in restricted cash and short-term investments			154			10
Total cash and restricted cash		$	399		$	290

American Airlines Group Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions, except shares)


	December 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
	(unaudited)
Assets

Current assets
Cash	$	245		$	280
Short-term investments		6,619			3,546
Restricted cash and short-term investments		609			158
Accounts receivable, net		1,342			1,750
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net		1,614			1,851
Prepaid expenses and other		666			621
Total current assets		11,095			8,206

Operating property and equipment
Flight equipment		37,816			42,537
Ground property and equipment		9,194			9,443
Equipment purchase deposits		1,446			1,674
Total property and equipment, at cost		48,456			53,654
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(16,757	)		(18,659	)
Total property and equipment, net		31,699			34,995

Operating lease right-of-use assets		8,039			8,737

Other assets
Goodwill		4,091			4,091
Intangibles, net		2,029			2,084
Deferred tax asset		3,239			645
Other assets		1,816			1,237
Total other assets		11,175			8,057

Total assets	$	62,008		$	59,995

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and finance leases	$	2,797		$	2,861
Accounts payable		1,196			2,062
Accrued salaries and wages		1,716			1,541
Air traffic liability		4,757			4,808
Loyalty program liability		2,033			3,193
Operating lease liabilities		1,651			1,708
Other accrued liabilities		2,419			2,138
Total current liabilities		16,569			18,311

Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt and finance leases, net of current maturities		29,796			21,454
Pension and postretirement benefits		7,069			6,052
Loyalty program liability		7,162			5,422
Operating lease liabilities		6,777			7,421
Other liabilities		1,502			1,453
Total noncurrent liabilities		52,306			41,802

Stockholders' equity (deficit)
Common stock, 621,479,522 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020		6			4
Additional paid-in capital		6,894			3,945
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(7,103	)		(6,331	)
Retained earnings (deficit)		(6,664	)		2,264
Total stockholders' deficit		(6,867	)		(118	)

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	62,008		$	59,995

American Airlines Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Financial Results

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