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Exhibit 99.2

 

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Investor Relations Update

July 28, 2017

General Overview

 

    TRASM and Pre-tax Margin—The company expects its third quarter total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) to be up approximately 0.5 to 2.5 percent year-over-year. In addition, the company expects its third quarter pre-tax margin excluding special items to be approximately 10 to 12 percent.1

 

    CASM—Consolidated CASM excluding fuel and special items1 is expected to be up approximately 5 percent in 2017. Third quarter consolidated CASM excluding fuel and special items1 is expected to be up approximately 5 percent year-over-year due primarily to salary and benefit increases provided to our team members (including the salary increases given to our pilots and flight attendants, as well as rate increases for our maintenance and fleet service team members), higher revenue-related expenses, higher depreciation and amortization resulting from increased capex, and maintenance timing.

 

    Capacity—2017 total system capacity is expected to be up approximately 1.5 percent vs. 2016. Full year domestic capacity is expected to be approximately flat year-over-year, while international capacity is expected to be up approximately 4 percent vs. 2016.

 

    Liquidity—As of June 30, 2017, the company had approximately $9.3 billion in total available liquidity, comprised of unrestricted cash and investments of $6.9 billion and $2.4 billion in undrawn revolver capacity. The company also had a restricted cash position of $554 million.

 

    Fuel—Based on the July 24, 2017 forward curve, the company expects to pay an average of between $1.55 and $1.60 per gallon of mainline jet fuel (including taxes) in the third quarter. Forecasted volume and fuel prices are provided in the following pages.

 

    Cargo / Other Revenue—Includes cargo revenue, loyalty program revenue, ticket change fees, excess/overweight baggage fees, first and second bag fees, contract services, airport clubs and inflight service revenues.

 

    Taxes—As of December 31, 2016, the company had approximately $10.5 billion of federal net operating losses (NOLs) and $3.7 billion of state NOLs, substantially all of which are expected to be available in 2017 to reduce future federal and state taxable income. The company expects to recognize a provision for income taxes in 2017 at an effective rate of approximately 38 percent, which will be substantially non-cash.

Notes:

 

1. The company is unable to reconcile certain forward-looking projections to GAAP as the nature or amount of special items cannot be determined at this time.

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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Mainline Update

July 28, 2017

Mainline Comments

 

    All operating expenses are for mainline operated flights only. Please refer to the following page for information pertaining to regional data.

 

    The year-over-year increase in mainline CASM excluding fuel and special items is primarily driven by investments in new labor agreements (including the recently announced flight attendant and pilot pay adjustments), investments in the operation, and higher depreciation expense from the purchase of new aircraft.

 

     1Q17A      2Q17A      3Q17E      4Q17E      FY17E2  

Mainline Guidance1

              

Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (bil)

     56.6        63.5        ~65.4        ~59.4        ~244.8  

CASM ex fuel and special items (YOY % change)3

     10.48        9.82        +4% to +6%        +3% to +5%        +5% to +7%  

Cargo Revenues ($ mil)

     172        196        ~185        ~195        ~748  

Other Revenues ($ mil)

     1,297        1,327        ~1,310        ~1,320        ~5,254  

Average Fuel Price (incl. taxes) ($/gal) (as of 7/24/2017)

     1.69        1.62        1.55 to 1.60        1.55 to 1.60        1.59 to 1.64  

Fuel Gallons Consumed (mil)

     831        934        ~965        ~874        ~3,604  

Interest Income ($ mil)

     (21)        (24)        ~(23)        ~(22)        ~(90)  

Interest Expense ($ mil)

     257        263        ~268        ~269        ~1,057  

Other Non-Operating (Income)/Expense ($ mil)4

     (5)        3        ~(4)        ~(1)        ~(8)  

CAPEX Guidance ($ mil) Inflow/(Outflow)

              

Non-Aircraft CAPEX

     (439)        (404)        ~(403)        ~(354)        ~(1,600)  

Gross Aircraft CAPEX & net PDPs

     (1,206)        (1,080)        ~(920)        ~(880)        ~(4,086)  

Assumed Aircraft Financing

     899        993        ~803        ~605        ~3,301  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Aircraft CAPEX & PDPs2

     (307)        (87)        ~(117)        ~(275)        ~(786)  

Notes:

 

1. Includes guidance on certain non-GAAP measures, which exclude special items. The company is unable to reconcile certain forward-looking projections to GAAP as the nature or amount of special items cannot be determined at this time. Please see the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation at the end of this document.
2. Numbers may not recalculate due to rounding.
3. CASM ex fuel and special items is a non-GAAP financial measure.
4. Other Non-Operating (Income)/Expense primarily includes gains and losses from foreign currency and income from the company’s approximate 25% ownership interest in Republic Airways Holdings Inc.

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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Regional Update

July 28, 2017

Regional Comments

 

    The company receives feed from 10 regional airlines, including wholly owned subsidiaries Envoy, PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.

 

     1Q17A      2Q17A      3Q17E      4Q17E      FY17E2  

Regional Guidance1

              

Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (bil)

     7.78        8.22        ~8.49        ~8.18        ~32.67  

CASM ex fuel and special items (YOY % change)3

     16.10        15.69        +1% to +3%      -1% to +1%        +0% to +2%  

Average Fuel Price (incl. taxes) ($/gal) (as of 7/24/2017)

     1.75        1.69        1.64 to 1.69        1.63 to 1.68        1.67 to 1.72  

Fuel Gallons Consumed (mil)

     182        195        ~203        ~196        ~776  

 

    Regional Airlines     
  Envoy Air Inc.4    Mesa Airlines, Inc.   
  SkyWest Airlines, Inc.5    Piedmont Airlines, Inc.4   
  ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.5    PSA Airlines, Inc.4   
  Republic Airline Inc.    Trans States Airlines, Inc.   
  Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation    Compass Airlines, LLC   

Notes:

 

1. Includes guidance on certain non-GAAP measures. The company is unable to reconcile certain forward-looking projections to GAAP as the nature or amount of special items cannot be determined at this time.
2. Numbers may not recalculate due to rounding.
3. CASM ex fuel and special items is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please see the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation at the end of this document.
4. Wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc.
5. Pro-rate agreement and capacity purchase agreement.

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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Fleet Update

July 28, 2017

Fleet Comments

 

    In 2017, the company expects to take delivery of 57 mainline aircraft comprised of 20 A321 aircraft, 20 B738 aircraft, 4 B738 Max aircraft, 3 B788 aircraft, and 10 B789 aircraft. The company also expects to retire 42 mainline aircraft, including 3 A320 aircraft, 17 B757 aircraft, 7 B763 aircraft and 15 MD80 aircraft.

 

    In 2017, the company expects to reduce the regional fleet count by a net of 8 aircraft, resulting from the addition of 31 CRJ700 aircraft, 24 E175 aircraft and 8 ERJ140 aircraft, as well as the reduction of 52 CRJ200 aircraft and 19 Dash 8-100 aircraft.

 

            Active Mainline Ending Fleet Count  
     2016A      1Q17A      2Q17A      3Q17E      4Q17E  

A319

     125        125        125        125        125  

A320

     51        49        48        48        48  

A321

     199        207        214        219        219  

A332

     15        15        15        15        15  

A333

     9        9        9        9        9  

B738

     284        289        294        299        304  

B738 Max

     —          —          —          1        4  

B757

     51        51        51        40        34  

B763

     31        31        31        27        24  

B772

     47        47        47        47        47  

B773

     20        20        20        20        20  

B788

     17        19        20        20        20  

B789

     4        6        9        11        14  

E190

     20        20        20        20        20  

MD80

     57        56        53        43        42  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     930        944        956        944        945  
            Active Regional Ending Fleet Count 1  
     2016A      1Q17A      2Q17A      3Q17E      4Q17E  

CRJ200

     120        123        122        95        68  

CRJ700

     79        93        105        110        110  

CRJ900

     118        118        118        118        118  

DASH 8-100

     23        17        12        8        4  

DASH 8-300

     11        11        11        11        11  

E175

     124        137        141        144        148  

ERJ140

     13        6        —          8        21  

ERJ145

     118        118        118        118        118  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     606        623        627        612        598  
 

 

Notes:

 

1. At the end of the second quarter, the company had 59 ERJ140 regional aircraft in temporary storage not included in the active regional ending fleet count.

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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Shares Outstanding

July 28, 2017

Shares Outstanding Comments

 

    The estimated weighted average shares outstanding for 2017 are listed below.

 

    On January 25, 2017, the company’s Board authorized a new $2.0 billion share repurchase program to expire by the end of 2018. This brings the total amount authorized for share repurchase programs to $11.0 billion since the merger. All prior repurchase programs had been fully expended as of December 31, 2016.

 

    In the second quarter of 2017, the company repurchased 10.0 million shares at a cost of $450 million. Including share repurchases, shares withheld to cover taxes associated with employee equity awards and share distributions, and the cash extinguishment of convertible debt, the company’s share count has dropped 35 percent from 756.1 million shares at merger close to 487.7 million shares outstanding on June 30, 2017.

2017 Shares Outstanding (shares mil)1

 

     Shares  

For Q3

   Basic      Diluted  

Earnings

     488        490  

Net loss

     488        488  
     Shares  

For Q4

   Basic      Diluted  

Earnings

     488        490  

Net loss

     488        488  
     Shares  

For FY 2017 Average

   Basic      Diluted  

Earnings

     493        495  

Net loss

     493        493  

Notes:

 

1. Shares outstanding are based upon several estimates and assumptions, including average per share stock price and stock award activity and does not assume any future share repurchases. The number of shares in actual calculations of earnings per share will likely be different from those set forth above.

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

July 28, 2017

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 table below presents the reconciliations of mainline and regional operating costs (GAAP measure) to mainline and regional operating costs excluding special items and fuel (non-GAAP measure). Management uses mainline and regional 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. Additionally, special items may vary from period-to-period in nature and amount. These adjustments to exclude aircraft fuel and special items allow management an additional tool to better understand and analyze the company’s non-fuel costs and core operating performance. Additionally, the table below presents the reconciliation of other non-operating expense (GAAP measure) to other non-operating expense excluding special items (non-GAAP measure). Management uses this non-GAAP financial measure to evaluate the company’s current 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 performance.

 

     American Airlines Group Inc GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation  
     ($ mil except ASM and CASM data)  
     1Q17     2Q17      3Q17 Range     4Q17 Range     FY17 Range  
     Actual     Actual      Low     High     Low     High     Low     High  

Mainline1

                 

Mainline operating expenses

   $ 7,450     $ 7,950      $ 7,835     $ 8,005     $ 7,577     $ 7,741     $ 30,604     $ 31,163  

Less mainline fuel expense

     1,402       1,510        1,496       1,544       1,355       1,398       5,762       5,854  

Less special items

     119       202        —         —         —         —         320       320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mainline operating expense excluding fuel and special items

     5,929       6,238        6,339       6,461       6,222       6,343       24,522       24,989  

Mainline CASM (cts)

     13.17       12.51        11.98       12.24       12.76       13.03       12.50       12.73  

Mainline CASM excluding fuel and special items (Non-GAAP) (cts)

     10.48       9.82        9.69       9.88       10.48       10.68       10.02       10.21  

Mainline ASMs (bil)

     56.6       63.5        65.4       65.4       59.4       59.4       244.8       244.8  

Regional1

                 

Regional operating expenses

   $ 1,573     $ 1,620      $ 1,626     $ 1,662     $ 1,591     $ 1,626     $ 6,377     $ 6,498  

Less regional fuel expense

     318       329        333       343       319       329       1,299       1,319  

Less special items

     2       1        —         —         —         —         4       4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regional operating expenses excluding fuel and special items

     1,253       1,290        1,293       1,319       1,271       1,297       5,074       5,175  

Regional CASM (cts)

     20.23       19.71        19.15       19.57       19.45       19.88       19.52       19.89  

Regional CASM excluding fuel and special items (Non-GAAP) (cts)

     16.10       15.69        15.23       15.53       15.54       15.86       15.53       15.84  

Regional ASMs (bil)

     7.78       8.22        8.49       8.49       8.18       8.18       32.67       32.67  

Other non-operating (income)/expense1

                 

Other non-operating (income)/expense

   $ 0     $ 5      $ (4   $ (4   $ (1   $ (1   $ 0     $ 0  

Less special items

     5       2        —         —         —         —         7       7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other non-operating (income)/expense excluding special items

     (5     3        (4     (4     (1     (1     (8     (8

 

Notes: Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.    

 

(1) Certain of the guidance provided excludes special items. The Company is unable to fully reconcile such forward-looking guidance to the corresponding GAAP measure because the full nature and amount of the special items cannot be determined at this time. Special items for this period may include merger integration expenses and fleet restructuring expenses .

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information


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Forward Looking Statements

July 28, 2017

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “continue,” “seek,” “target,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “if current trends continue,” “optimistic,” “forecast” and other similar words. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, the company’s plans, objectives, estimates, expectations and intentions, and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on the company’s current objectives, beliefs and expectations, and they are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and financial position and timing of certain events to differ materially from the information in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (especially in Part I, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors) and other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in the company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be other factors of which the company is not currently aware that may affect matters discussed in the forward-looking statements and may also cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. The company does not assume any obligation to publicly update or supplement any forward-looking statement to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting these forward-looking statements other than as required by law. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof or as of the dates indicated in the statements.

 

Please refer to the footnotes and the forward looking statements page of this document for additional information