Asia is most important destination for American Air's CEO

Dallas

ONE year after American Airlines merged with US Airways, chief executive officer Doug Parker has settled on his most important destination: Asia.

American is playing catch-up with United Continental and Delta Air Lines in the growing market for air travel in the region. Its share of US-Asia flights has grown to 12 per cent, from 10.6 per cent in 2013, but still lags behind the 45 per cent held by United and 36 per cent for Delta. In a Jan 27 earnings call, American president Scott Kirby called Asia "the one area that we've been outperforming the industry by a pretty wide margin for the last year".