Fort Worth-based American Airlines expects a first-quarter loss, even after reporting a $590 million profit in the fourth quarter, the carrier said Thursday.

American Airlines last year said it would reverse a business-travel sales strategy that backfired. The airline signed a new credit card deal with Citi late last year. American Airlines reported a jump in fourth-quarter profits with results coming in ahead of analysts' expectations,

(Reuters) -American Airlines forecast 2025 profit below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, hurt by an uptick in jet fuel prices and efforts to fix a sales-strategy misstep that drove away corporate travelers. Shares of the carrier dropped 6% in premarket trade.