AMR Said to Plan on American Keeping Debt to Aid Eagle

AMR Corp. may give the American Eagle regional unit a better chance of success in a spinoff under a plan to leave the planes and more than $2 billion in associated debt at American Airlines.

American will keep the debt and lease aircraft to Eagle for a token amount, said a person with knowledge of the terms who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly. Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR has said it will give details in a regulatory filing this month.