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American Airlines (AAL), the largest U.S. airline, pulled its 2025 forecast on Thursday amid uncertainty.
The Fort Worth-based carrier, which is also a rival of Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, has withdrawn its 2025 projections. It said it “intends” to provide an update for the full year as soon as the economic outlook becomes more clear. It did give a current quarter adjusted earnings per shares (EPS) forecast of between $0.50 to $1, mainly below Visible Alpha’s consensus of $0.95.
American reported a loss per share of $0.59 on operating revenues of $12.55 Billion for the first quarter. Visible Alpha’s analysts polled had predicted an adjusted loss of $69 per share for revenue of $12.53billion.
Last month, American announced its Q1 adjusted profit forecast was to be $0.60 to $0.80 per share instead of $0.20 to $0.40, and its revenue outlook was to be flat, down from a rise of 3% to 5 percent from the $12.57 Billion recorded in Q1 2020. The company said that the lower forecast was “due to the impact Flight 5342 had on the domestic leisure segment and softness within the domestic leisure sector.”
Following the results, American Airlines shares traded little in premarket trading. They started the day more than 45% down in 2025.
