---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-178619"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000004515"
company_name: "AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:31:35.859225+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Airlines enters separation agreement with former CCO Vasu Raja; severance includes $968,750 lump sum

## Summary
- Vasu Raja's employment ended June 30, 2024; separation agreement signed July 11, 2024.
- Severance includes continuation of base salary through Jan 31, 2025, and a $968,750 lump sum after that date, subject to non-compete and non-solicit.
- Raja receives travel privileges for personal leisure and career transition services (LHH Professional Program) during the Severance Period.
- Compliance with restrictive covenants through Jan 31, 2025 is required for full severance; breach triggers forfeiture and repayment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-178619
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000004515
- company_name: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000119312524178619/0001193125-24-178619-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000119312524178619/d729729d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-178619
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-178619.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vasu Raja departed as Chief Commercial Officer at AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC..
  - Role: Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: On July 11, 2024, American Airlines Group Inc. and American Airlines, Inc. (together, the “Company”) entered into a Separation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Vasu Raja, the Company’s former Chief Commercial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000119312524178619/0001193125-24-178619-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.