May 31 (Reuters) - American Airlines Group (AAL.O) will appeal a U.S. court decision requiring it to end an alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O), American CEO Robert Isom said on Wednesday.
"We've got a legal system that allows for appeal, and we're going to do that," Isom told the Bernstein Conference.
American is the largest U.S. airline by fleet size and low-cost carrier JetBlue is the sixth largest.
Even as the Texas-based carrier prepares to appeal the ruling, Isom said it will have to work with the Justice Department and JetBlue to figure out what it does in the interim.
American, which reiterated its full-year profit forecast Wednesday, doesn't expect the court ruling to have a material impact on its earnings.
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