American buys fuel in forward-purchase contracts

American buys fuel in forward-purchase contracts rather than the hedge programs used by many airlines. "Our experience in the airline business is that when the price of fuel increases, our ability to get our prices up involves a delay or time lapse," Chief Executive Don Carty said in a talk with BT...

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