American Airlines (AAL) reported earnings that beat the company’s fourth-quarter expectations. Earnings per share were a full $0.20 above analysts’ target. American Airlines also beat the company’s top line revenue target handily resulting in 4.6% sales growth compared to last year.

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.

American Airlines forecast 2025 profit below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, hurt by an uptick in jet fuel prices and efforts to fix a sales-strategy misstep that drove away corporate travelers.

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,