Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
13,943
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$307,197
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$4.3B in assets, 13,943 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO reported $4.3B in total assets and 13,943 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #3,338 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO covers 13,943 participants in Texas, 20x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $4.3B.

#3,338
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+4.8%
assets growth YoY
43×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO's outsized position by total assets

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,283,241,407 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 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 2023

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO is a mega filing (13,943 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO reported net income rose from -$978M in the plan year 2022 filing to $194M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO end-of-year assets rose from $4.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO reported participants fell from 14,617 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,943 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO · $4.3B · 13,943 · 100th

  • ASSETS $4.3B
  • ASSETS 13,943
  • ASSETS 100th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Pepsico, Inc. Employees Retirement Plan H
  • ASSETS ind #3338

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 Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.3B
Net Income$194M
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
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 Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Total assets ($B): 4.283241407 · Participants: 13943The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIOAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO reports $4.3B in end-of-year assets across 13,943 participants (0.035% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $307,197 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $194M.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.1B to $4.3B (+4.1%) while covered participants moved from 14,617 to 13,402 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,617 $4.1B Open filing
2023 13,943 $4.3B This page
2024 · index core 13,402 $4.3B Open filing

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

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pepsico, Inc. Employees Retirement Plan H in NY ($4.3B); by covered participants it is Dow Employees' Pension Plan in MI (14,051 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,943 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. 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 Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO assets move in 2023? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO edged up modestly - up 4.8% during 2023, from $4.1B to $4.3B. Reported net income was $194M.
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 Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (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 Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pepsico, Inc. Employees Retirement Plan H in NY ($4.3B, 73,934 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dow Employees' Pension Plan in MI (14,051 participants, $11.5B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

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.