American Airlines Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: American Airlines Group (AAL) executive compensation
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AAL · Fort Worth, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Data as of September 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 10, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Robert Isom

Latest say-on-pay support

June 10, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025

The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.

Chief executive total compensation — Robert Isom: $15,610,843 → $13,871,825 (11.1% lower)

CEO pay ratio: 191:1 → 155.1:1 (18.8% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is American Airlines Group's chief executive and what were they paid?

Robert Isom, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, received $13,871,825 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $15,610,843 reported for fiscal 2024, Isom's total was 11.1% lower.

What was American Airlines Group's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 96.8% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026.

Which companies are in American Airlines Group's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.

What is American Airlines Group's chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 155.1:1, against median employee compensation of $89,429.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Robert Isom Chief Executive Officer President and Director	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Steve Johnson Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
David Seymour Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Robert Isom Chief Executive Officer President and Director	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vasu Raja Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Stephen Johnson Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Devon May Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Priya Aiyar Former Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
David Seymour Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Robert Isom Chief Executive Officer President and Director	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Stephen Johnson Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Devon May Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
David Seymour Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Vasu Raja Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Priya Aiyar Former Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Robert Isom Chief Executive Officer, President and Director	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Anthony Richmond Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Legal Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Stephen Johnson Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
David Seymour Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Devon May Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Anthony J. Richmond	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Anthony J. Richmond	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
David G. Seymour	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Devon E. May	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Robert D. Isom	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Stephen L. Johnson	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
David Seymour	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Devon May	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Stephen Johnson	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Anthony Richmond	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Robert Isom	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

David Seymour

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Devon May

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Robert Isom

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Gregory D. Smith Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Martin H. Nesbitt	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Matthew J. Hart	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Douglas M. Steenland	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Vicente Reynal	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Howard I. Ungerleider	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Adriane M. Brown	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Denise M. O'Leary	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Susan D. Kronick	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
John T. Cahill	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Kathryn M. Farmer	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Michael J. Embler	◇	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Howard Ungerleider	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Jeff Benjamin, Kathryn Farmer and Robert D. Isom served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Delta Air Lines DAL
Southwest Airlines LUV
United Airlines UAL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 10, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 11, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 5, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 10, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 8, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 9, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 10, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 12, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 13, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	June 14, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	June 8, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact American Airlines Group disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

Where American Airlines Group sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Board and governance analysis

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Citations

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294 figures on this page: 283 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

283 cited to the filing

11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 10, 2026
0000006201-26-000039
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 28, 2026
0001193125-26-187096
CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025 · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
8-K, filed June 11, 2025
0000006201-25-000029
DEF 14A, filed April 28, 2025
0001193125-25-100798
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 5, 2024
0000006201-24-000040
DEF 14A, filed April 25, 2024
0001193125-24-114008
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 11, 2023
0000006201-23-000051
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed March 30, 2023
0001193125-23-085634
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 10, 2022
0000006201-22-000059
8-K, filed June 9, 2021
0000006201-21-000063
8-K, filed June 10, 2020
0000006201-20-000075
8-K, filed June 12, 2019
0000006201-19-000037
8-K, filed June 13, 2018
0001193125-18-191662
8-K, filed June 14, 2017
0001193125-17-203489
8-K, filed June 8, 2016
0001193125-16-616760

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}