American Airlines reports US$8.9b 2020 loss on pandemic hit
Published Thu, Jan 28, 2021 · 10:14 PM
[NEW YORK] American Airlines concluded a difficult 2020 with another quarterly loss due to the coronavirus hit but said Thursday it expects a rebound to begin later in 2021.
The big US carrier reported a fourth quarter loss of US$2.2 billion, compared with profits of US$414 million in the year-ago period. For all of 2020, American lost US$8.9 billion after reporting profits of US$1.7 billion in 2019.
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