Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,894
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$244,614
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$2.4B in assets, 9,894 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants reported $2.4B in total assets and 9,894 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,843 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Texas

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants covers 9,894 participants in Texas, 14x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.

#3,843
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-19.3%
assets change YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $579M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants's outsized position by total assets

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$2,420,208,336 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants lands in the large band (9,894 participants).

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants · $2.4B · 9,894 · 100th

  • IND $2.4B
  • EOY 9,894
  • 5500 100th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Retirement Income Plan for Certain Rai Affiliates
  • EIN ind #3843

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.4B
Net Income-$579M
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1970-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$40.0B 18.300623540637105% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$32B$34B$36B$38B$40B$42B 202220232024 $33.8B $40B ▲ +18.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 135,785 $33.8B
2023 8 137,632 $37.5B
2024 8 141,543 $40.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants, Total assets ($B): 2.420208336 · Participants: 9894The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight AttendantsAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.998144 · Participants: 119463AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.642588618 · Participants: 12912Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.599 · Participants: 23661Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.541187279 · Participants: 12815Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.371602289 · Participants: 9156Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 9,894 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $244,614 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$579M.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #008) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $2.5B (+5.2%) while covered participants moved from 9,894 to 9,218 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 9,894 $2.4B This page
2023 9,497 $2.6B Open filing
2024 · index core 9,218 $2.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Income Plan for Certain Rai Affiliates in NC ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Indiana Laborers Pension Fund in IN (9,896 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,894 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants assets move in 2022? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants declined sharply - down 19.3% during 2022, from $3.0B to $2.4B. Reported net income was -$579M.
How have American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $33.8B to $40.0B.
Where does The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Income Plan for Certain Rai Affiliates in NC ($2.4B, 594 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Indiana Laborers Pension Fund in IN (9,896 participants, $1.5B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131502798.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.