Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of restructuring charges by category

The restructuring charges incurred during 2020 as part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic are summarized as follows:

Restructuring charges by category
(in millions)	Year Ended December 31, 2020
Fleet Retirements	$	4,409
Voluntary Programs and Other Employee Benefit Charges	3,409
Receivables and Other	401
Total Restructuring Charges	$	8,219

Schedule of fleet retirements by aircraft type

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and our response, we have removed certain aircraft from active service as of December 31, 2020, which includes owned and leased aircraft that are being retired early.

Fleet retirements by aircraft type
Fleet Type	Number of Aircraft	Estimated Final Retirement During the Quarter Ended	Impairment-Related Charge (in millions)
777	18	December 2020	$	1,440
767-300ER	56	December 2025	1,084
717	91	December 2025	950
MD-90	26	June 2020	335
CRJ-200 (1)	125	December 2023	320
737-700	10	September 2020	223
A320	10	June 2020	57
MD-88 (2)	47	June 2020	—
Total	383		$	4,409

(1)Certain of the CRJ-200 aircraft scheduled to be retired by the December 2023 quarter are operated for us by SkyWest Airlines under a revenue proration agreement.

(2)During the March 2020 quarter, we recorded a $22 million charge related to accelerating the planned retirement of the MD-88 fleet from December 2020 to June 2020. However, this amount was recorded in depreciation and amortization, rather than in restructuring charges, as it would have been incurred during 2020 prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.