American Airlines got its corporate travel strategy badly wrong after the pandemic—and it’s still paying the price. As business travel recovered, the carrier tried to push customers toward booking on its website and app in a bid to reduce travel agency commissions and the millions of dollar spent offering companies perks to discount for being their carrier of choice The airline began removing some fares from its corporate booking channels to encourage customers to book directly with American,

United CEO Scott Kirby diminished American in comments on Wednesday. American CEO Robert Isom barely responded during American's earnings call.

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.