American Airlines Takes a Bigger Hit From Government Shutdown as Another One Looms

American Airlines took a much bigger bruising from last year’s 43-day-long government shutdown than rivals Delta and United. 

The government shutdown impacted American’s revenue by around $325 million. Delta took a $200 million hit and United saw a $250 million impact. 

“The government shutdown hit us, it hit us harder than others,” American CEO Robert Isom said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Tuesday morning. “The good news on that is that as soon as th