Capital Stock New Capital Stock After Consolidation And Exchange, Percent

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Equity Method Investment, Estimated Ownership Percentage, Pending Investee Restructuring Process

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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Ownership Percentage

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Investment, Share Rights Executed, Value

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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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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Investments - Narrative (Details) shares in Millions, € in Billions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 EUR (€) shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Air France-KLM
Investments [Line Items]
Shares subscribed (in shares) \| shares		36
Ownership interest (percent)			3.00%	6.00%
Grupo Aeromexico
Investments [Line Items]
New capital stock after consolidation and exchange as percentage of previously outstanding (percent)	0.01%
Air France-KLM
Investments [Line Items]
Share rights executed, value \| €		€ 2.3
Number shares called by warrants (in shares) \| shares			1,900
Grupo Aeromexico
Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest (percent)	20.00%		20.00%	51.00%
Carrying value			$ 420,000,000	$ 0
Virgin Atlantic
Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest (percent)			49.00%
Carrying value			$ 0
LATAM
Investments [Line Items]
Carrying value			$ 0	$ 0.20
Estimated ownership pending restructuring process (percent)			10.00%
Grupo Aeromexico
Investments [Line Items]
Investment in equity method investment	$ 100,000,000
LATAM
Investments [Line Items]
Noncurrent financing receivable			$ 71,000,000