In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Geoff Freeman, President and CEO of U.S. Travel Association, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about the work the association is doing to advocate on behalf of the travel industry. American is a proud member of U.S. Travel and partners with them to ensure that the interests of the travel community, and all those employed by it, are effectively represented within the legislative process.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Geoff Freeman, President and CEO of U.S. Travel Association, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about the work the association is doing to advocate on behalf of the travel industry. American is a proud member of U.S. Travel and partners with them to ensure that the interests of the travel community, and all those employed by it, are effectively represented within the legislative process.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S7:E5 — Tell Me Why: ‘We want to increase travel.’ — Geoff Freeman

In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Brian Znotins, Senior Vice President of Network and Schedule Planning, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about the summer 2025 network announcement. American continues to grow its comprehensive global network and will offer customers five new routes to Europe next summer, including returning to Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) for the first time since 2019.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Brian Znotins, Senior Vice President of Network and Schedule Planning, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about the summer 2025 network announcement. American continues to grow its comprehensive global network and will offer customers five new routes to Europe next summer, including returning to Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) for the first time since 2019.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S7:E4 — Tell Me Why: ‘These destinations are a gateway to the rest of Europe.’ — Brian Znotins

In the latest episode of Tell Me Why,&nbsp;Heather Garboden, Senior Vice President, American Eagle and Cargo, joins&nbsp;Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about how our regional carriers and Cargo team are helping us achieve our goals of running a reliable and profitable airline.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the latest episode of Tell Me Why,&amp;nbsp;Heather Garboden, Senior Vice President, American Eagle and Cargo, joins&amp;nbsp;Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to talk about how our regional carriers and Cargo team are helping us achieve our goals of running a reliable and profitable airline.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S7:E3 — Tell Me Why: ‘We’ve really been focusing on supportability.’ — Heather Garboden

In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Ganesh Jayaram, Chief Digital and Information Officer, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications Officer, to talk about how technology is powering our airline.&nbsp;<a href="https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/Team-members-leverage-technology-to-support-customers-this-summer-OPS-OTH-05/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Team members are leveraging technology to support customers this summer</a>&nbsp;by mitigating disruptions, driving faster recovery during irregular operations and delivering new features that make the customers’ travel journeys easier. To better support our customers and team members, IT is reengineering how they work with a focus on resiliency in delivery, excellence in engineering and modernizing technology.&nbsp;

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Ganesh Jayaram, Chief Digital and Information Officer, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications Officer, to talk about how technology is powering our airline.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/Team-members-leverage-technology-to-support-customers-this-summer-OPS-OTH-05/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Team members are leveraging technology to support customers this summer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by mitigating disruptions, driving faster recovery during irregular operations and delivering new features that make the customers’ travel journeys easier. To better support our customers and team members, IT is reengineering how they work with a focus on resiliency in delivery, excellence in engineering and modernizing technology.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S7:E2 — ‘We’re reengineering the way we work.’ — Ganesh Jayaram

In the Season 7 premiere of Tell Me Why,&nbsp;David Seymour, Chief Operating Officer, joins&nbsp;Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to preview American’s summer operation and share some of the preparations we’ve made to ensure the airline runs smoothly for our customers during this critical time of year.Learn more about our preparation for the summer travel season on our&nbsp;<a href="https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/American-is-ready-for-summer-2024-travel-OPS-OTH-05/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsroom</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the Season 7 premiere of Tell Me Why,&amp;nbsp;David Seymour, Chief Operating Officer, joins&amp;nbsp;Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, to preview American’s summer operation and share some of the preparations we’ve made to ensure the airline runs smoothly for our customers during this critical time of year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn more about our preparation for the summer travel season on our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/American-is-ready-for-summer-2024-travel-OPS-OTH-05/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Newsroom&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

S7:E1 — ‘Are we ready? We absolutely are.’ — David Seymour

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