American Airlines

American Airlines is one of the four carriers named in the price-fixing conspiracy allegation. Delta, United, Southwest, and American have all been accused, in one consolidated lawsuit, of secretly coordinating with each other for YEARS (2011-2018) to deliberately LIMIT how many seats they offered on shared routes, specifically to keep ticket prices artificially high across the industry — not competing on capacity the way customers assume rival airlines would. Southwest and American already settled their portion for $60 million combined; Delta and United remained defendants after the court denied their summary-judgment motions in September 2023 (their status as of 2026 was not re-verified).

• Severity
• Evidence tierUnassigned
• Claims confirmed
• Last verified2026-08-04

Case status. Private litigation; the legal tier of its sources has not been assigned yet.

Primary source. www.hausfeld.com/news/hausfeld-wins-significant-victory-on-behalf-of-class-of-domestic-airline-ticket-purchasers-in-antitrust-lawsuit-against-major-us-carriers — Verified - primary source confirmed.

Arbitration

Standard binding arbitration + class action waiver expected (not independently confirmed word-for-word this pass); same Airline Deregulation Act preemption issue applies.

Contacts

Privacy contact. Not recorded.

Legal notice. PUBLIC COMPANY (AAL). Service route: c/o General Counsel / Corporate Secretary, Fort Worth, Texas — the corporate address on the SEC Form 10-K cover page is the official address of record. Confirm the exact street address on the current 10-K at sec.gov/edgar, and check the state-of-incorporation registered agent (usually Delaware; most large filers use The Corporation Trust Company or Corporation Service Company) via the Secretary of State business-entity search. A registered agent MUST accept service, which is why it is the reliable channel when a company publishes no privacy address.

Mailing address. Not recorded.