Class Of Warrant Or Right, Shares Called By Warrants As Percentage Of Outstanding Shares

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Class Of Warrant Or Right, Term

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Grant Payments As Percentage Of Total Payments Received Through Payroll Support Program

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Grant Payments Received Through Payroll Support Program

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Grant Payments Received Through Payroll Support Program, CARES Act

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Impact Of Global Pandemic

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Proceeds from Government Payroll Support Program

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Relief Received Through Payroll Support Program, CARES Act

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Support Received Through Payroll Support Program

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Unsecured Loans As Percentage Of Total Payments Received Through Payroll Support Program

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
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-Section 50
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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Government Support Programs (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	60 Months Ended
	Jan. 15, 2021	Jan. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2030	Mar. 31, 2030	Dec. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Relief received through payroll support program, CARES Act					$ 5,600
Grant payments received through payroll support program, CARES Act					4,000
Additional liquidity through deferred payment of employer portion of social security taxes					$ 200
Subsequent event
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Proceeds from payroll support program		$ 1,400
Installment received through payroll support program	$ 1,400
Grant received as percent of total received through payroll support program	70.00%
Unsecured loan as percent of total received through payroll support program	30.00%
Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Proceeds from payroll support program			$ 1,500	$ 2,900
Grant payments received through payroll support program				$ 2,000
Delta Common Stock Warrants 2020
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Number shares called by warrants (in shares)					6.7
Shares called by warrants as percentage of outstanding shares					1.00%
Warrant exercise price (USD per share)					$ 24.39
Warrants term (in years)					5 years
Delta Common Stock Warrants 2021 \| Subsequent event
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Number shares called by warrants (in shares)	1.0
Delta Common Stock Warrants 2021 \| Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Number shares called by warrants (in shares)			2.1	2.1
Shares called by warrants as percentage of outstanding shares			0.50%	0.50%
Warrant exercise price (USD per share)			$ 39.73	$ 39.73
Warrants term (in years)				5 years
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured CARES Act Payroll Support Program Loan
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Unsecured loan per agreement through payroll support program, CARES Act					$ 1,600
Debt instrument term					10 years
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured CARES Act Payroll Support Program Loan \| Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Annual interest rate (percent)									1.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured CARES Act Payroll Support Program Loan \| SOFR \| Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Margin on rate (percent)							2.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured Payroll Support Program Loan \| Subsequent event
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Unsecured loan per agreement through payroll support program	$ 400
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured Payroll Support Program Loan \| Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Debt instrument term				10 years
Annual interest rate (percent)								1.00%
Unsecured loan per agreement through payroll support program			$ 830	$ 830
Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured Payroll Support Program Loan \| SOFR \| Forecast
Impact Of Global Pandemic [Line Items]
Margin on rate (percent)						2.00%