Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
4,783
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$555,867
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$2.7B in assets, 4,783 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers reported $2.7B in total assets and 4,783 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #3,266 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Texas

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers covers 4,783 participants in Texas, 7.0x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.

#3,266
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
-6.9%
assets change YoY
27×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $198M 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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers's outsized position by total assets

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$2,658,713,019 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers lands in the large band (4,783 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers reported net income fell from $83M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$198M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers end-of-year assets fell from $2.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers reported participants fell from 5,096 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,783 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers · $2.7B · 4,783 · 99th

  • EBSA $2.7B
  • PART 4,783
  • TYPE 99th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Retirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of Pwc
  • VS-ST ind #3266

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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers in the asset neighbourhood

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Electrical Contractors Assoc…$2.7BGeneral Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government)General Dynamics Retirement …$2.7BRetirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of PwcRetirement Accumulation Plan…$2.7BTeamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & VicTeamsters Pension Trust Fund…$2.7BThe Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and OfficersThe Retirement Benefit Plan …$2.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.7B
Net Income-$198M
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1941-10-01
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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers, Total assets ($B): 2.658713019 · Participants: 4783The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and OfficersAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of Pwc in FL ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan in OR (4,783 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,783 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers assets move in 2024? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers pulled back noticeably - down 6.9% during 2024, from $2.9B to $2.7B. Reported net income was -$198M.
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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of Pwc in FL ($2.7B, 3,950 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan in OR (4,783 participants, $1.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.