Regional Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Airline Destination Disclosure [Line Items]

Regional Expenses

Regional Expenses

Expenses associated with the Company's wholly-owned regional airlines and third-party regional carriers operating under the brand names American Eagle and US Airways Express are classified as Regional expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Regional expenses consist of the following (in millions):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	535	$	260	$	1,035	$	525
Salaries, wages and benefits	271		167		536		339
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers	371		45		722		79
Maintenance, materials and repairs	82		69		169		141
Other rent and landing fees	105		59		202		118
Aircraft rent	9		—		18		—
Selling expenses	87		35		159		71
Depreciation and amortization	50		41		103		83
Special items, net	2		1		6		3
Other	145		92		301		190
Total regional expenses	$	1,657	$	769	$	3,251	$	1,549

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Airline Destination Disclosure [Line Items]

Regional Expenses

Regional Expenses

Expenses associated with American's third-party regional carriers operating under the brand name American Eagle are classified as Regional expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Regional expenses consist of the following (in millions):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	270	$	259	$	523	$	524
Salaries, wages and benefits	10		5		15		10
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers	316		306		616		610
Maintenance, materials and repairs	1		2		2		3
Other rent and landing fees	61		54		116		108
Selling expenses	40		34		76		71
Depreciation and amortization	37		37		74		74
Special items, net	1		—		2		—
Other	68		64		138		128
Total regional expenses	$	804	$	761	$	1,562	$	1,528