American Airlines Group Reports First-Quarter Profit


FORT WORTH, Texas, April 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported its first-quarter 2017 results, including these highlights:

  • Recorded a first-quarter 2017 pre-tax profit of $365 million, or $491 million excluding net special items,1 and net profit of $234 million, or $308 million excluding net special items
  • Reported first-quarter earnings of $0.46 per diluted share, or $0.61 per diluted share excluding net special items
  • Deferred the first delivery of Airbus A350 XWBs from 2018 to 2020, delaying capital expenditures and providing additional widebody capacity flexibility
  • Announced an unprecedented step to increase hourly base pay for the airline’s crewmembers outside of contract negotiations, bringing those workgroups’ base pay levels to the top of the industry, consistent with other American Airlines workgroups

“We are excited about the long-term prospects for American Airlines, and our first-quarter results only serve to reinforce our enthusiasm. We successfully launched several important commercial initiatives, including Basic Economy and Premium Economy, which are designed to provide more choice for our customers. We expanded our global presence with our planned investment in China Southern Airlines. We continued to make significant investments in our product, including taking delivery of 22 new aircraft. These new deliveries widen our already significant advantage in average fleet age versus our large competitors,” said Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO.

“Investing in our product, however, is not enough to retain our customers’ loyalty if we are not investing in our team. As a service business, it is our team who will differentiate American from the competition. Recently we reiterated a commitment we made when we merged our airlines over three years ago – that team members would be paid as much as their industry peers. This commitment will be realized by adjusting the base pay levels for our flight attendants and pilots outside of contract negotiations.

“The American team did an amazing job of taking care of our customers during the quarter. This commitment was demonstrated in the improvement in our operating reliability, improved mishandled baggage rates, and improved on-time performance. All of this work is being recognized by others, too, as American was named Air Transport World’s Airline of the Year for 2017 and Full Service Airline Brand of the Year by the Harris Poll.

“The future is very bright and we are well on our way to validating the trust placed in us by our team members, our customers and our investors. Today’s results are an affirmation that we are on the proper path to that long-term objective,” Parker said.

Revenue and Expenses

  • Reported a 2.0 percent increase in total revenue, to $9.6 billion. First-quarter total revenue per available seat mile rose 3.1 percent year-over-year
  • Accrued approximately $31 million for the company’s profit sharing plan

        
  GAAP Non-GAAP1 
  1Q17
 1Q16
 1Q17
 1Q16
 
        
 Total operating revenues ($ mil)$9,624  $9,435  $9,624  $9,435  
 Total operating expenses ($ mil)   9,023      8,100      8,902      7,996   
 Operating income ($ mil) 601   1,335   722   1,439  
        
 Pre-tax income ($ mil) 365   1,117   491   1,221  
 Pre-tax margin 3.8%  11.8%  5.1%  12.9% 
        
 Net income ($ mil) 234   700   308   765  
        
 Earnings per diluted share$0.46  $1.14  $0.61  $1.25  
        

Strong demand and improving yields drove a 2.0 percent increase in total revenue, to $9.6 billion. Other revenue was up 9.3 percent primarily due to the new co-branded credit card agreements that became effective in the third quarter of 2016. Total revenue per available seat mile increased by 3.1 percent, on a 1.1 percent decline in total available seat miles.

Total first-quarter operating expenses were $9.0 billion, up 11.4 percent year-over-year due primarily to a 37.8 percent increase in consolidated fuel expense. Total first-quarter cost per available seat mile excluding fuel and special items was 11.16 cents, up 7.6 percent year-over-year, due primarily to a 6.5 percent increase in salaries and benefits expense and other investments to improve the operation.

Commercial Initiatives

  • Launched Basic Economy for sale on 10 routes, for travel that began March 1. We also began selling Premium Economy seats on select international routes, for travel beginning May 4
  • Entered into an arrangement with Scandinavian Airlines to obtain two slot pairs at London’s Heathrow Airport, strengthening American’s presence at a key international gateway for American and joint business partner British Airways
  • Simplified the boarding process, using intuitive group numbers to streamline and speed up the boarding process and improve the experience for customers

We are continuing to expand Basic Economy and Premium Economy as we add new options to offer the right fare for each customer. Each new 787-9 delivery includes Premium Economy, a new class of service between the Main Cabin and Business Class on international flights. We expect to have 14 of these aircraft by the end of 2017. In addition, a retrofit program to add Premium Economy to most of our other widebody aircraft begins later this year and will be completed by the end of 2018.

“While it’s still early, the initial results from our new Basic and Premium Economy products are encouraging. Approximately 50 percent of customers who are presented with a choice for Basic Economy end up choosing a Main Cabin fare, showing that they understand their options and are choosing the ticket that’s the right fit for their travel,” said Robert Isom, American Airlines President.

“We also moved quickly on the opportunity to add two new slot pairs at Heathrow, which we will use to improve service to and from one of the world's most important business markets,” Isom said.

“We expect second-quarter TRASM to rise approximately 3.0 to 5.0 percent, which reflects improving customer demand in both corporate and leisure travel. We also expect second-quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items to be between 11.0 and 13.0 percent,”2 Isom said.

People Accomplishments

  • Distributed its first annual profit-sharing payment as a combined airline for 2016
  • Contributed $279 million to the company’s defined benefit plan in April
  • Began offering 10 weeks of maternity pay and reimbursements for $4,000 in adoption expenses regardless of workgroup or representation status

In addition, the company yesterday disclosed on form 8-K with the Securities Exchange Commission that it has offered a mid-contract hourly base pay rate adjustment for its flight attendants and pilots of an average of approximately five percent and an average of eight percent, respectively.

Capital Investments, Fleet, and Shareholder Return

  • Returned $563 million to stockholders through repurchases of 11.7 million shares for $512 million and dividends of $51 million in the first quarter
  • Declared a dividend of $0.10 per share, to be paid on May 30, 2017, to stockholders of record as of May 16, 2017

American plans to invest $4.1 billion in new aircraft this year, as it continues to renew its fleet. During the quarter, the company invested $1.2 billion as it took delivery of 17 mainline aircraft and five regional aircraft. These new deliveries will replace aircraft that are expected to leave the fleet. In addition, the company expects to invest $1.6 billion in non-aircraft capital expenditures in 2017 focused on integrating the airline, product enhancements, and operational improvements.

To provide widebody capacity flexibility, the company reached an agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of the A350 XWB. Under the new delivery schedule, American expects to receive its first A350 aircraft in late 2020 instead of 2018 as previously planned. American now expects to receive 22 A350s from 2020 through 2024, with an average deferral of two years. In addition, the company reached an agreement with Boeing to defer the delivery of two 787-9 aircraft from the second quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019.

These changes as well as the impact of changes to net pre-delivery payments reduce the company’s planned capital expenditures by $500 million in 2018 and $300 million in 2019 and in 2020.

Since mid-2014, the company has returned more than $10.2 billion to stockholders primarily through share repurchases and dividends, and reduced the share count by 34 percent to 495.7 million shares. As of March 31, the company had approximately $1.5 billion remaining of its $2.0 billion share repurchase authority.3

Investor Update

For additional financial forecasting detail, please refer to the company’s investor relations update, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K. This filing will be available at aa.com/investorrelations.

Conference Call / Webcast Details

The company will conduct a live audio webcast of its earnings call today at 7:30 a.m. CT, which 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 May 27.

Notes

  1. In the first quarter, the company recognized $126 million in net special items before the effect of income taxes, principally consisting of merger integration expenses relating to information technology, professional fees, rebranding of aircraft and airport facilities and training, as well as fleet restructuring expenses driven by the merger. 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.
  2. American is unable to reconcile certain forward-looking projections to GAAP as the nature or amount of special items cannot be determined at this time.
  3. Share repurchases under the buyback program may be made through a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades or accelerated share repurchase transactions. Any such repurchases will be made from time to time subject to market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements and other relevant factors. The program does not obligate the company to repurchase any specific number of shares or continue a dividend for any fixed period, and may be suspended at any time at the company's discretion.

About American Airlines Group

American Airlines and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a founding member of the oneworld® alliance, whose members serve more than 1,000 destinations with about 14,250 daily flights to over 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015, its stock joined the S&P 500 index. 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
March 31,
 Percent 
  2017   2016  Change 
       
Operating revenues:      
Mainline passenger$6,607  $6,564  0.6  
Regional passenger 1,548   1,523  1.7  
Cargo 172   162  6.3  
Other   1,297      1,186   9.3  
Total operating revenues 9,624   9,435  2.0  
       
Operating expenses:      
Aircraft fuel and related taxes 1,402   1,029  36.2  
Salaries, wages and benefits 2,825   2,652  6.5  
Regional expenses:      
Fuel 318   219  45.2  
Other 1,255   1,213  3.4  
Maintenance, materials and repairs 492   419  17.5  
Other rent and landing fees 440   422  4.4  
Aircraft rent 295   306  (3.8) 
Selling expenses 318   308  3.2  
Depreciation and amortization 405   355  14.1  
Special items, net 119   99  19.8  
Other   1,154      1,078   7.1  
Total operating expenses   9,023      8,100   11.4  
       
Operating income 601   1,335  (55.0) 
       
Nonoperating income (expense):      
Interest income 21   13  63.6  
Interest expense, net (257)  (239) 7.6  
Other, net   -       8   nm  
Total nonoperating expense, net   (236)    (218) 8.3  
       
Income before income taxes 365   1,117  (67.4) 
       
Income tax provision   131      417   (68.7) 
       
Net income$  234   $  700   (66.6) 
       
       
Earnings per common share:      
Basic$  0.46   $  1.15     
Diluted$  0.46   $  1.14     
       
Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):      
Basic   503,902      606,245     
Diluted   507,797      611,488     
       
Note: Percent change may not recalculate due to rounding.     
       

 

          
American Airlines Group Inc. 
Consolidated Operating Statistics 
(Unaudited) 
          
  3 Months Ended
March 31,
     
  2017 2016 Change   
          
Mainline         
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 45,211 46,220 (2.2)%  
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 56,564 57,564 (1.7)%  
Passenger load factor (percent) 79.9 80.3 (0.4)pts  
Yield (cents) 14.61 14.20 2.9 %  
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 11.68 11.40 2.4 %  
          
Passenger enplanements (thousands) 33,755 34,547 (2.3)%  
Departures (thousands) 262 272 (3.4)%  
Aircraft at end of period 944 942 0.2 %  
          
Block hours (thousands) 819 845 (3.1)%  
Average stage length (miles) 1,201 1,205 (0.3)%  
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions) 831 855 (2.8)%  
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)1.69 1.20 40.1 %  
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period 102,900 100,200 2.7 %  
          
Operating cost per ASM (cents) 13.17 11.58 13.7 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items (cents) 12.96 11.41 13.6 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items and fuel (cents) 10.48 9.62 8.9 %  
          
Regional (A)         
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 5,773 5,551 4.0 %  
Available seat miles (millions) 7,777 7,500 3.7 %  
Passenger load factor (percent) 74.2 74.0 0.2 pts  
Yield (cents) 26.82 27.44 (2.2)%  
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 19.91 20.31 (2.0)%  
          
Passenger enplanements (thousands) 12,605 12,368 1.9 %  
Aircraft at end of period 623 597 4.4 %  
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions) 182 178 2.6 %  
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)1.75 1.24 41.5 %  
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period (B) 21,400 20,000 7.0 %  
          
Operating cost per ASM (cents) 20.23 19.10 5.9 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items (cents) 20.19 19.03 6.1 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items and fuel (cents) 16.10 16.11 (0.1)%  
          
Total Mainline & Regional         
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 50,984 51,771 (1.5)%  
Available seat miles (millions) 64,341 65,064 (1.1)%  
Cargo ton miles (millions) 619 543 13.9 %  
Passenger load factor (percent) 79.2 79.6 (0.4)pts  
Yield (cents) 16.00 15.62 2.4 %  
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 12.67 12.43 2.0 %  
Total revenue per ASM (cents) 14.96 14.50 3.1 %  
Cargo yield per ton mile (cents) 27.77 29.77 (6.7)%  
          
Passenger enplanements (thousands) 46,360 46,915 (1.2)%  
Aircraft at end of period 1,567 1,539 1.8 %  
Fuel consumption (gallons in millions) 1,013 1,033 (1.8)%  
Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes (dollars per gallon)1.70 1.21 40.4 %  
Full-time equivalent employees at end of period (B) 124,300 120,200 3.4 %  
          
Operating cost per ASM (cents) 14.02 12.45 12.6 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items (cents) 13.84 12.29 12.6 %  
Operating cost per ASM excluding special items and fuel (cents) 11.16 10.37 7.6 %  
          
          
(A) Regional includes wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries and operating results from capacity purchase carriers.  
(B) 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
March 31,
   
   2017 2016 Change 
         
Domestic - Mainline       
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 29,530 30,391 (2.8)%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 35,805 36,543 (2.0)%
Passenger load factor (percent) 82.5 83.2 (0.7)pts
Yield (cents) 15.31 14.72 4.1 %
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 12.63 12.24 3.2 %
         
Domestic Consolidated - Mainline and       
Total Regional (A)       
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 35,303 35,942 (1.8)%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 43,582 44,043 (1.0)%
Passenger load factor (percent) 81.0 81.6 (0.6)pts
Yield (cents) 17.20 16.68 3.1 %
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 13.93 13.61 2.3 %
         
Latin America       
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 7,490 8,054 (7.0)%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 9,775 10,480 (6.7)%
Passenger load factor (percent) 76.6 76.9 (0.3)pts
Yield (cents) 14.88 13.78 8.0 %
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 11.41 10.59 7.7 %
         
Atlantic        
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 4,500 4,801 (6.3)%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 6,415 6,893 (6.9)%
Passenger load factor (percent) 70.1 69.7 0.4 pts
Yield (cents) 13.51 14.46 (6.6)%
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 9.47 10.07 (5.9)%
         
Pacific        
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 3,691 2,974 24.1 %
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 4,569 3,648 25.3 %
Passenger load factor (percent) 80.8 81.5 (0.7)pts
Yield (cents) 9.80 9.68 1.3 %
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 7.92 7.89 0.4 %
         
Total International       
Revenue passenger miles (millions) 15,681 15,829 (0.9)%
Available seat miles (ASM) (millions) 20,759 21,021 (1.2)%
Passenger load factor (percent) 75.5 75.3 0.2 pts
Yield (cents) 13.29 13.22 0.6 %
Passenger revenue per ASM (cents) 10.04 9.95 0.9 %
         
(A) Revenue statistics for all Regional flying are included herein. 
         
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 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 measure:

- Pre-Tax Income (GAAP Measure) to Pre-Tax Income Excluding Special Items (non-GAAP Measure)
- Pre-Tax Margin (GAAP Measure) to Pre-Tax Margin Excluding Special Items (non-GAAP Measure)
- Net Income (GAAP Measure) to Net Income Excluding Special Items (non-GAAP Measure)
- Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP Measure) to Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Excluding Special Items (non-GAAP Measure)
- Operating Income (GAAP Measure) to Operating Income Excluding 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 special items may vary from period-to-period in nature and amount, the adjustment to exclude special items allows management an additional tool to better understand the Company’s core operating performance.

Additionally, the tables below present the reconciliations of mainline, regional and total operating costs (GAAP measure) to mainline, regional and total operating costs excluding special items and fuel (non-GAAP measure). Management uses mainline, regional and total operating costs excluding special items and 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 special items allows management an additional tool to better understand and analyze the Company’s non-fuel costs and core operating performance.
        
   3 Months Ended
March 31,
 Percent Change
 Reconciliation of Pre-Tax Income Excluding Special Items  2017   2016  
   (in millions)  
        
 Pre-tax income as reported $365  $1,117   
 Pre-tax special items:      
 Special items, net (1)  119   99   
 Regional operating special items, net  2   5   
 Nonoperating special items, net (2)    5      -    
 Total pre-tax special items  126   104   
        
 Pre-tax income excluding special items $491  $1,221  -60%
        
        
 Calculation of Pre-Tax Margin      
        
 Pre-tax income as reported $365  $1,117   
        
 Total operating revenues as reported $9,624  $9,435   
        
 Pre-tax margin  3.8%  11.8%  
        
        
 Calculation of Pre-Tax Margin Excluding Special Items      
        
 Pre-tax income excluding special items $491  $1,221   
        
 Total operating revenues as reported $9,624  $9,435   
        
 Pre-tax margin excluding special items  5.1%  12.9%  
        
        
 Reconciliation of Net Income Excluding Special Items      
        
 Net income as reported $234  $700   
 Special items:      
 Total pre-tax special items (1) (2)  126   104   
 Net tax effect of special items    (52)    (39)  
 Net income excluding special items $308  $765  -60%
        
        
 Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Excluding 3 Months Ended
March 31,
  
 Special Items  2017   2016   
   (in millions, except per share amounts)  
        
 Net income excluding special items $308  $765   
        
 Shares used for computation (in thousands):      
 Basic    503,902      606,245    
 Diluted    507,797      611,488    
        
 Earnings per share excluding special items:      
 Basic $  0.61   $  1.26    
 Diluted $  0.61   $  1.25    
        
      
 Reconciliation of Operating Income Excluding Special Items      
        
 Operating income as reported $601  $1,335   
        
 Special items:      
 Special items, net (1)  119   99   
 Regional operating special items, net    2      5    
 Operating income excluding special items $722  $1,439   
        
        
 Reconciliation of Operating Cost per ASM Excluding Special 3 Months Ended
March 31,
  
 Items and Fuel - Mainline only  2017   2016   
   (in millions)  
        
 Total operating expenses as reported $9,023  $8,100   
 Less regional expenses as reported:      
 Fuel  (318)  (219)  
 Other    (1,255)    (1,213)  
 Total mainline operating expenses as reported  7,450   6,668   
        
 Special items, net (1)    (119)    (99)  
 Mainline operating expenses, excluding special items  7,331   6,569   
        
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes    (1,402)    (1,029)  
 Mainline operating expenses, excluding special items and fuel $5,929  $5,540   
        
   (in cents)  
        
 Mainline operating expenses per ASM as reported  13.17   11.58   
        
 Special items, net per ASM (1)    (0.21)    (0.17)  
 Mainline operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items  12.96   11.41   
        
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes per ASM    (2.48)    (1.79)  
 Mainline operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items      
 and fuel  10.48   9.62   
        
 Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.      
        
 Reconciliation of Operating Cost per ASM Excluding Special 3 Months Ended
March 31,
  
 Items and Fuel - Regional only  2017   2016   
   (in millions)  
        
 Total regional operating expenses as reported $1,573  $1,432   
        
 Regional operating special items, net    (2)    (5)  
 Regional operating expenses, excluding special items  1,571   1,427   
        
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes    (318)    (219)  
 Regional operating expenses, excluding special items and fuel $1,253  $1,208   
        
   (in cents)  
        
 Regional operating expenses per ASM as reported  20.23   19.10   
        
 Regional operating special items, net per ASM    (0.04)    (0.07)  
 Regional operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items  20.19   19.03   
        
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes per ASM    (4.09)    (2.92)  
 Regional operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items and fuel  16.10   16.11   
        
 Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.      
        
 Reconciliation of Operating Cost per ASM Excluding Special  3 Months Ended
March 31,
  
 Items and Fuel - Total Mainline and Regional  2017   2016   
   (in millions)  
        
 Total operating expenses as reported $9,023  $8,100   
        
 Special items:      
 Special items, net (1)  (119)  (99)  
 Regional operating special items, net    (2)    (5)  
 Total operating expenses, excluding special items  8,902   7,996   
        
 Fuel:      
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes - mainline  (1,402)  (1,029)  
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes - regional    (318)    (219)  
 Total operating expenses, excluding special items and fuel $7,182  $6,748   
        
   (in cents)  
        
 Total operating expenses per ASM as reported  14.02   12.45   
        
 Special items per ASM:      
 Special items, net (1)  (0.18)  (0.15)  
 Regional operating special items, net    -      (0.01)  
 Total operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items  13.84   12.29   
        
 Fuel per ASM:      
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes - mainline  (2.18)  (1.58)  
 Aircraft fuel and related taxes - regional    (0.49)    (0.34)  
 Total operating expenses per ASM, excluding special items      
 and fuel  11.16   10.37   
        
 Note: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.      
        
 FOOTNOTES:      
        
(1)The 2017 first quarter mainline operating special items totaled a net charge of $119 million, which principally included $63 million of merger integration expenses and $63 million of fleet restructuring expenses.

The 2016 first quarter mainline operating special items totaled a net charge of $99 million, which principally included $104 million of merger integration expenses and $26 million of fleet restructuring expenses.

Merger integration expenses included costs related to information technology, professional fees, re-branding of aircraft and airport facilities and training. Additionally, the 2016 period also included merger integration expenses related to alignment of labor union contracts, re-branded uniforms, severance and relocation. Fleet restructuring expenses driven by the merger included the acceleration of aircraft depreciation, impairments, remaining lease payments and lease return costs for aircraft currently grounded or expected to be grounded earlier than planned.
  
        
(2)The 2017 first quarter nonoperating special charges primarily consisted of debt issuance and extinguishment costs associated with a term loan refinancing.  
        
        

 

    
American Airlines Group Inc. 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
    
 March 31, 2017 December 31, 2016
Assets   
    
Current assets   
Cash$374  $322 
Short-term investments 6,302   6,037 
Restricted cash and short-term investments 543   638 
Accounts receivable, net 1,397   1,594 
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net 1,154   1,094 
Prepaid expenses and other   856      639  
Total current assets 10,626   10,324 
    
Operating property and equipment   
Flight equipment 38,352   37,028 
Ground property and equipment 7,332   7,116 
Equipment purchase deposits   1,247      1,209  
Total property and equipment, at cost 46,931   45,353 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization   (14,640)    (14,194)
Total property and equipment, net 32,291   31,159 
    
Other assets   
Goodwill 4,091   4,091 
Intangibles, net 2,236   2,173 
Deferred tax asset 1,379   1,498 
Other assets   2,004      2,029  
Total other assets   9,710      9,791  
    
Total assets$  52,627   $  51,274  
    
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   
    
Current liabilities   
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases$1,714  $1,855 
Accounts payable 1,882   1,592 
Accrued salaries and wages 1,064   1,516 
Air traffic liability 5,298   3,912 
Loyalty program liability 3,056   2,789 
Other accrued liabilities   2,272      2,208  
Total current liabilities 15,286   13,872 
    
Noncurrent liabilities   
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities 22,829   22,489 
Pension and postretirement benefits 7,808   7,842 
Deferred gains and credits, net 494   526 
Other liabilities   2,753      2,760  
Total noncurrent liabilities 33,884   33,617 
    
Stockholders' equity   
Common stock 5   5 
Additional paid-in capital 6,726   7,223 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (5,097)  (5,083)
Retained earnings   1,823      1,640  
Total stockholders' equity   3,457      3,785  
    
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$  52,627   $  51,274  
    
    


            

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