{"id":2417,"date":"2018-06-11T08:29:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T13:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2018-06-11T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T13:29:42","slug":"is-american-airlines-in-a-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"Is American Airlines In A Mess?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"11\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It can&#8217;t be fun to be\u00a0<strong>American Airlines<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ticker\">(NASDAQ: AAL)<\/span>\u00a0CEO Doug Parker right now. His company has experienced massive nonfuel cost increases\u00a0over the past few years. Now that the carrier is finally reining in controllable costs, fuel prices have surged, creating a new headache. Meanwhile, American has the weakest balance sheet of any major U.S. airline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">At a major industry event last week, Parker reiterated his stance that industry capacity growth will slow and airfares will rise to offset the increase in fuel costs. However, he acknowledged that this process wasn&#8217;t likely to play out right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Click the link below for the full story!<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/american-airlines-ceo-doug-parker-154000372.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is American Airlines in a mess?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2418\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/American-Airlines-737-Max-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/American-Airlines-737-Max-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/American-Airlines-737-Max-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/American-Airlines-737-Max.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can&#8217;t be fun to be\u00a0American Airlines\u00a0(NASDAQ: AAL)\u00a0CEO Doug Parker right now. His company has experienced massive nonfuel cost increases\u00a0over the past few years. Now that the carrier is finally reining in controllable costs, fuel prices have surged, creating a new headache. Meanwhile, American has the weakest balance sheet of any major U.S. airline. 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