In the fiscal year of 2023, the operating expenses of American Airlines Group came to around 49.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 47.3 billion U.S. dollars registered in the previous year. Amid the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the company's operating expenses dramatically dropped by 35 percent compared to 2019. In the following years, the costs increased again due to lifted governmental interventions to slow down the spread of the virus and relaxed travel restrictions in the United States and other countries.