The main American airlines reduce their flight schedules and revise or remove their prospects for the year due to domestic demand for domestic travel as a feeling for national and global economies.
American Airlines made his financial advice for 2025 on Thursday, joining his competitors Southwest and Delta By declaring the economic prospects that are too uncertain to provide forecasts from year to year. The three airlines quoted to weaken sales among leisure travelers in economy class.
“We came out of a solid fourth quarter, we saw decent cases in January, and interior leisure trips dropped considerably while we were going within February,” said CEO of American Airlines, Robert Isom, in CNBC.
Consumer reluctance to reserve a vacation would correspond to A new survey It has shown that many people fear that the United States will be led in a recession And that the wide and random rates of President Donald Trump will increase prices.
There are also growing concerns about international travelers. Michael Feroli, chief economist of the United States at JP Morgan, said in a customer note that anti-American feeling could stimulate a travel deposit, with data showing that international visitors to the United States operate about 5% less than a year ago.
“In recent weeks, there have been many news to tourists canceling trips to the United States to protest the perceived heaviness of recent trade policies,” he wrote. “This potentially indicates another channel to consider in the evaluation of the effects of prices on economic activity.”
Some economic indicators indicate the expectations of a slowdown. Sales of previously occupied American houses slowed down in MarchAnd Feeling of American consumers Immersed in April, the fourth consecutive month of decline. However, fears of a slowdown not translated in layoffs.
Trump announced scanning prices on April 2 which triggered panic in the financial markets and generated recession fears, which led consumers and businesses to start withdrawing expenses, which includes travel. The president Put a partial plug of 90 days on import taxes But has already increased his own Strong prices against China.
Beijing increased his import tax 125% American products in retaliation. Thursday China denied Trump’s assertion that the two parties were involved in active negotiations to end or mitigate their trade war.
American Airlines said that it would update its full -year guidelines “as economic prospects are becoming clearer”. Airline leaders have said that sales among business travelers and for premium seats on long-haul international flights have remained solid.
Southwest Airlines reported late Wednesday that he would reduce his flight schedule for the second half due to the drop in demand. The company also declared that it could not reaffirm its prospects of 2025 and 2026 for the benefits before interest and taxes, taking into account “the current macroeconomic uncertainty”.
United Airlines last week gave two different financial forecasts on how it could work this year, one if there is a recession and one otherwise. The airline said it was planning to reduce its planned indoor flights by 4% from July in response to the demand for tickets at economic prices below what economic prices.
“We think there is a reasonable risk that things can weaken from here,” said United CEO Scott Kirby.
Delta Air Lines, the most profitable carrier in the country, predicted as recently as January as the company was on the right track for the best exercise in its history. Earlier this month, the airline has scratched its performance expectations for 2025 and said it was putting on a planned flight calendar Pending extension.
“With a large economic uncertainty around global trade, growth has largely stopped,” said Delta CEO Ed Bastian at the time. “In this slower growth environment, we protect the margins and cash flows by focusing on what we can control. This includes reducing planned growth in capacity in the second half. ”
Parents companies from Frontier Airlines and Alaska Airlines also drawn their directives in 2025.
