Since AA has fallen in cahoots with BA re surcharges (on some routes) it's harder to get a cheap ride. A trip that begins KRT-AMM-MAD-JFK attracts about $450 in charges, including about USD120 for a Sudan stamp, $175 to AA for "YR", $30 or so at Madrid, $80 to get through AMM, about $50 for various U.S. arrival fees. And so it goes around the world...

Edit: those numbers were for economy, with an AA flight number on the TATL, and for whatever reason the construction didn't attract anything from RJ. A calculation for biz flights and TATL on IB adds another $200 in YR/YQ from RJ, and $300 into IB's coffers. So the $2200 is starting to seem cheap.