Nature of Operations and Operating Environment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Nature of Operations and Operating Environment

1.  Nature of Operations and Operating Environment

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAG or the Company), a Delaware corporation, is a holding company whose primary business activity is the operation of a major network air carrier through its subsidiaries, American Airlines, Inc. (American) and its wholly-owned regional subsidiaries, Envoy Aviation Group Inc. (Envoy), Piedmont Airlines, Inc. (Piedmont) and PSA Airlines, Inc. (PSA) that operate under capacity purchase agreements as American Eagle.

The Company has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. Together with American Eagle, the Company operates an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. In 2015, the Company had approximately 201 million passengers boarding its mainline and regional flights. As of December 31, 2015, the Company operated 946 mainline aircraft and is supported by its regional airline subsidiaries and third-party regional carriers operating as American Eagle under capacity purchase agreements, which operated an additional 587 regional aircraft.

On December 30, 2015, in order to simplify AAG’s internal corporate structure and as part of the integration efforts following the business combination of AAG and US Airways Group, Inc. (US Airways Group), AAG caused US Airways Group to be merged with and into AAG, with AAG as the surviving corporation, and, immediately thereafter, US Airways, Inc. (US Airways), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, merged with and into American, with American as the surviving corporation. As a result of the merger of US Airways and American, US Airways transferred all of its assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet commitments to American. For financial reporting purposes, this transaction constituted a transfer of assets between entities under common control and was accounted for at historical cost. As part of the transfer of assets and liabilities to American, all of US Airways’ obligations with respect to certain pass through trusts and the leases of related aircraft and engines were transferred to American.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company employed approximately 118,500 active full-time equivalent employees, of which 19,600 were employed by its regional operations. Approximately 82% of employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements with various labor unions.

American Airlines, Inc. [Member]

Nature of Operations and Operating Environment

1.  Nature of Operations and Operating Environment

American Airlines, Inc. (American) is a Delaware corporation whose primary business activity is the operation of a major network air carrier. American is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc. (AAG; formerly AMR Corporation), which owns all of American’s outstanding common stock, par value $1.00 per share.

American has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.

On December 30, 2015, in order to simplify AAG’s internal corporate structure and as part of the integration efforts following the business combination of AAG and US Airways Group, Inc. (US Airways Group), AAG caused US Airways Group to be merged with and into AAG, with AAG as the surviving corporation, and, immediately thereafter, US Airways, Inc. (US Airways), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, merged with and into American, with American as the surviving corporation. As a result of the merger of US Airways and American, US Airways transferred all of its assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet commitments to American. For financial reporting purposes, this transaction constituted a transfer of assets between entities under common control and was accounted for at historical cost. As part of the transfer of assets and liabilities to American, all of US Airways’ obligations with respect to certain pass through trusts and the leases of related aircraft and engines were transferred to American.

As of December 31, 2015, American employed approximately 98,900 active full-time equivalent employees, of which approximately 85% are covered by collective bargaining agreements with various labor unions.