Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,497
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$269,165
Avg per participant High 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

$2.6B in assets, 9,497 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants reported $2.6B in total assets and 9,497 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #3,328 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants covers 9,497 participants in Texas, 14x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.

#3,328
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY
26×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$2,556,258,336 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Flight Attendants's large-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 Flight Attendants lands in the large band (9,497 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants reported net income rose from -$579M in the plan year 2022 filing to $136M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants reported participants fell from 9,894 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,497 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 Flight Attendants · $2.6B · 9,497 · 99th

  • 5500 $2.6B
  • 5500 9,497
  • 5500 99th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Time Warner Cable Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #3328

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

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight AttendantsThe Retirement Benefit Plan …$2.6BTime Warner Cable Pension PlanTime Warner Cable Pension Pl…$2.6BPaccar Inc Retirement Plan$2.6BFarmers Group, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanFarmers Group, Inc. Employee…$2.6BClub Pension Plan$2.6B
End-of-year total assets ($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 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.6B
Net Income$136M
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 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants, Total assets ($B): 2.556258336 · Participants: 9497The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight AttendantsAT&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 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 $2.6B in end-of-year assets across 9,497 participants (0.021% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $269,165 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $136M.

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 Open filing
2023 9,497 $2.6B This page
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 Time Warner Cable Pension Plan in NC ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Smithfield Foods Salaried Pension Plan in VA (9,484 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,497 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 Flight Attendants assets move in 2023? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, from $2.4B to $2.6B. Reported net income was $136M.
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 99th 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 Flight Attendants? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Time Warner Cable Pension Plan in NC ($2.6B, 16,981 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 Smithfield Foods Salaried Pension Plan in VA (9,484 participants, $1.4B 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.