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.

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,

American Airlines forecast 2025 profit below Wall Street expectations as the carrier braces for higher costs stemming from expensive labor contracts signed last year, sending its shares down 8% on Thursday.