LobbyingAmerican Airlines lobbying by quarter
American Airlines AAL's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $2.2M. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $6.4M. Its first report covers Q3 2022; the issues it reports most are Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines and Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.
American AirlinesAAL
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $6.4M
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- −100.0%
- Q3 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q3 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $20K | 1 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.9M | 11 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.9M | 12 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.9M | 13 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.9M | 13 |
| Q4 2023 | $2M | 13 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.9M | 14 |
| Q2 2024 | $2M | 14 |
| Q3 2024 | $2.1M | 14 |
| Q4 2024 | $2M | 14 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1M | 13 |
| Q2 2025 | $2.1M | 14 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.1M | 14 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.1M | 14 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.1M | 14 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.2M | 14 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Aviation and airlines$12.9M · 177 reports
- Financial institutions and securities$7M · 71 reports
- Taxation$3.5M · 44 reports
- Homeland security$1.9M · 42 reports
- Transportation$1.8M · 40 reports
- Tariffs$1.5M · 14 reports
- Budget and appropriations$852.5K · 35 reports
- Banking$307.5K · 2 reports
- Travel and tourism$225K · 14 reports
- Trade$128K · 15 reports
- Environment and Superfund$35K · 5 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$35K · 5 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES185 reports
- SENATE185 reports
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)63 reports
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)47 reports
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)24 reports
- State, Dept of (DOS)19 reports
- White House Office19 reports
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)16 reports
- Treasury, Dept of10 reports
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)9 reports
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)9 reports
- General Services Administration (GSA)9 reports
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)7 reports
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)3 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseAmerican Airlines | $17.9M | 15 quarters |
| Penn Avenue Partners | $3M | 15 quarters |
| Venable | $1.3M | 15 quarters |
| Empire Consulting Group | $1.1M | 15 quarters |
| CGCN Group | $960K | 15 quarters |
| Elevate Government Affairs | $900K | 15 quarters |
| The Simmons & Russell Group | $900K | 15 quarters |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $750K | 15 quarters |
| SBL Strategies | $650K | 13 quarters |
| Cassidy & Associates | $600K | 13 quarters |
| Chesapeake Enterprises | $595K | 15 quarters |
| The Doerrer Group | $510K | 16 quarters |
| Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $440K | 10 quarters |
| Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz | $330K | 8 quarters |
| TSG Advocates DC | $210K | 5 quarters |
| Covenant Government Affairs | $100K | 2 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHAD BRADLEY | Deputy Cheif of Staff- US Senate | Q2 2026 |
| CHRISTINA MCGARRY DAVID | Legislative Assistant / Scheduler, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; Intern, Rep. Doc Hastings | Q2 2026 |
| CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX | LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings | Q2 2026 |
| DANIEL ZIEGLER | Executive Director, Republican Study Committee; Legislative Director for Rep Doug Lamborn, Policy Director; Speaker Mike Johnson | Q2 2026 |
| JAY SULZMANN | Legislative Director/Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Johnny Isakson; Sr. Policy Advisor/LA/LC/SA, Rep. Wally Herger | Q2 2026 |
| JEFFREY LOVENG | Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill Shuster 2006-2011 | Q2 2026 |
| JERR ROSENBAUM | Legislative Director, Sen. John Cornyn; Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Hurt; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jack Kingston; Chief of Staff, Rep. Virgil Goode | Q2 2026 |
| JOSHUA DAVID FENDRICK | Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, and Legislative Aide, Sen. Gary C. Peters; Economic Policy Adviser, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Economic Policy Adviser, Sen. Gary C. Peters | Q2 2026 |
| LAUREN ANN REAMY | Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director/Legislative Assistant, Senator Marco Rubio; Professional Staff Member/Staff Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee | Q2 2026 |
| PAUL DOERRER | See Form LD-1 | Q2 2026 |
| PAUL SASS | Staff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Deputy Staff Director, House Committee on Small Business; Congressman Sam Graves - Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant | Q2 2026 |
| TIMOTHY FARRELL HANNEGAN | U.S. General Accounting Office | Q2 2026 |
| LAURENCE WILDGOOSE | [CONTINUED] Sr. Advisor & Director of Scheduling, Sen. Bill Nelson. Special Assist. to the Chairman, Senate Special Committee on Aging. State Scheduler, Sen. Bill Nelson. | Q1 2026 |
| ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN | Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. | Q1 2026 |
| SAMUEL WHITEHORN | Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee. | Q1 2026 |
| HENRY CHAD BRADLEY | D. Chief of Staff, US Senate | Q4 2025 |
| JEFFREY R. LOVENG | Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill Shuster, 2006-2011 | Q4 2025 |
| AMY LAWRENCE | Staff Assistant, Rep. Steve Womack (AR-3); Press Secretary/Communications Director, Rep. Markwayne Mullin (OK-2); Press Secretary/Communications Director, Sen. Martha McSally (AZ) | Q1 2025 |
| MICHAEL HAYES | : Deputy Director, Office of Public Engagement, The White House; Director, National Security Council, The White House; U.S. Diplomat, Department of State; Legislative Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives. | Q1 2025 |
| KARINA LYNCH | Staff, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Staff, Senate Committee on Government Affairs; Senate Committees on Aging and Gov. Affairs | Q3 2024 |
| MICHAEL REYNOLDS | Deputy Policy Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation International Affairs, Department of Transportation | Q3 2024 |
| MIKE P MULLEN | Sr. Advisor, Rep. Mike Doyle; and Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Turner | Q4 2023 |
| CHRISTINA MARIE BARONE | Intern to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, January 2013-April 2013; and August 2014-May 2015. | Q3 2023 |
| JOHN V. DRZEWICKI | Staff assistant, Rep. Steve Austria; Policy Advisor, US House of Representatives; Policy Director, House Republican Conference | Q3 2023 |
| BRIAN GREER | Prof. Staff-House Armed Services Comm.; Military Leg Asst.- Sen. Charles Schumer; Spec Asst.-Off. of Sec. of Defense; Military Leg Asst.- Rep. John Boccieri; Military Leg Asst.-Rep. Parker Griffith; Leg Asst., Staff Asst. & Leg Corr.-Rep. David Scott | Q2 2023 |
| MARTHA BEATRICE MILLER | Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022. | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | Venable | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | The Doerrer Group | $40K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Elevate Government Affairs | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | The Simmons & Russell Group | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | TSG Advocates DC | $45K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $1.3M |
| 07/18for Q2 | CGCN Group | $80K |
| 07/16for Q2 | Empire Consulting Group | $70K |
| 07/09for Q2 | Covenant Government Affairs | $50K |
| 07/07for Q2 | Penn Avenue Partners | $200K |
| 07/06for Q2 | Cassidy & Associates | $50K |
| 07/06for Q2 | Chesapeake Enterprises | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Elevate Government Affairs | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | The Doerrer Group | $40K |
| 04/20for Q1 | CGCN Group | $80K |
| 04/20for Q1 | The Simmons & Russell Group | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $1.2M |