American Airlines Group has appointed Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Pieper as its new chief commercial officer, effective November 3, 2025.
Pieper, currently CEO of the oneworld alliance, will succeed interim chief commercial officer Steve Johnson, who will revert to his previous roles of vice chair and chief strategy officer.
As chief commercial officer, Pieper will lead all of American’s commercial strategy, planning and performance across alliances and partnerships, cargo, co-branded credit card programmes, loyalty, network planning, revenue management, and sales and distribution.
In addition, he will co-lead the airline’s customer experience team with American’s chief operating officer, David Seymour.
“Nat is a world-class, results-oriented leader who has achieved tremendous success throughout his entire career,” said Robert Isom, CEO of American Airlines.
“He is well-versed in the airline business, having led teams across multiple disciplines at Northwest, Delta and Alaska.
“Nat’s experience and expertise, coupled with his recent work with us leading oneworld, make him incredibly well-suited to lead our commercial team moving forward.”
Today, as covered by Airline Economics, American reported a third-quarter net loss of $114m, despite posting a record third-quarter revenue of $13.7bn.
The airline delivered a third-quarter loss of $0.17 per share, though it guided fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) to be in the range of $0.45 to $0.75, and full-year adjusted EPS to be in the range of $0.65 to $0.95.