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American Airlines Group Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 4/22/16, at 7:33am ET   ·   For:  3/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1193125-16-551225   ·   File #s:  1-02691, 1-08400

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/22/16  American Airlines Group Inc.      10-Q        3/31/16   68:4.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
          American Airlines Inc

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    696K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     44K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 4: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     23K 
 5: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     23K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 8: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 9: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
18: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     47K 
19: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    107K 
20: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     48K 
                Income                                                           
21: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    144K 
22: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     85K 
24: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     40K 
25: R8          Special Items                                       HTML     39K 
26: R9          Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     35K 
27: R10         Share Repurchase Programs and Dividends             HTML     34K 
28: R11         Debt                                                HTML     65K 
29: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
30: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     70K 
31: R14         Retirement Benefits                                 HTML     47K 
32: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     64K 
33: R16         Regional Expenses                                   HTML     40K 
34: R17         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     43K 
35: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
36: R19         Transactions with Related Parties                   HTML     29K 
37: R20         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     41K 
38: R21         Special Items (Tables)                              HTML     39K 
39: R22         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     34K 
40: R23         Share Repurchase Programs and Dividends (Tables)    HTML     25K 
41: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     60K 
42: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     63K 
43: R26         Retirement Benefits (Tables)                        HTML     45K 
44: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R28         Regional Expenses (Tables)                          HTML     39K 
46: R29         Transactions with Related Parties (Tables)          HTML     27K 
47: R30         Special Items - Components of Company's Special     HTML     32K 
                Items, Net Included in Consolidated Statements of                
                Operations (Detail)                                              
48: R31         Special Items - Additional Disclosures (Detail)     HTML     25K 
49: R32         Earnings (Loss) per Share - Computation of Basic    HTML     52K 
                and Diluted Earnings per Common Share (Detail)                   
50: R33         Share Repurchase Programs and Dividends - Share     HTML     34K 
                Repurchase Programs (Detail)                                     
51: R34         Share Repurchase Programs and Dividends -           HTML     25K 
                Dividends (Detail)                                               
52: R35         Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt (Detail)        HTML     91K 
53: R36         Debt - Summary of Availability under Revolving      HTML     33K 
                Credit Facilities (Detail)                                       
54: R37         Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt - 2016-1        HTML     45K 
                Aircraft Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates                   
                (Detail)                                                         
55: R38         Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt - Other         HTML     28K 
                Aircraft Financing Transactions (Detail)                         
56: R39         Income Taxes (Detail)                               HTML     47K 
57: R40         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Assets         HTML     72K 
                Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail)               
58: R41         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying      HTML     32K 
                Value and Estimated Fair Value of Long-Term Debt,                
                Including Current Maturities (Detail)                            
59: R42         Retirement Benefits - Components of Net Periodic    HTML     52K 
                Benefit Cost (Income) (Detail)                                   
60: R43         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     75K 
                Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive                    
                Income (Loss) (Detail)                                           
61: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     42K 
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                             
62: R45         Regional Expenses (Detail)                          HTML     57K 
63: R46         Legal Proceedings (Detail)                          HTML     31K 
64: R47         Subsequent Events (Detail)                          HTML     28K 
65: R48         Transactions with Related Parties (Detail)          HTML     29K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     62K 
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14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- aal-20160331_cal                XML    185K 
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16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aal-20160331_lab                      XML    830K 
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68: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-16-551225-xbrl      Zip    127K

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