Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors and Non-guarantor Subsidiaries-Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current assets
Cash	$ 1,210	$ 1,140	$ 604	$ 480
Short-term investments	8,249	8,111
Restricted cash and short-term investments	882	1,035
Accounts receivable, net	1,981	1,560
Receivables from related parties,net	0	0
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	1,093	1,012
Prepaid expenses and other	1,551	1,465
Total current assets	14,966	14,323
Operating property and equipment	21,236	19,259
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Goodwill	4,089	4,086
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	2,330	2,311
Other assets	2,190	2,299
Total other assets	8,609	8,696
Total assets	44,811	42,278
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	1,523	1,446
Accounts payable	1,653	1,368
Payable to affiliates	0	0
Air traffic liability	5,683	4,380
Frequent flyer liability	2,879	3,005
Other accrued liabilities	3,350	3,607
Total current liabilities	15,088	13,806
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	15,205	15,353
Pension and postretirement benefits	5,704	5,828
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	415	5,928
Negative investment in subsidiaries		0
Other liabilities	4,313	4,094
Total noncurrent liabilities	25,637	31,203
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	7	5
Additional paid-in capital	15,879	10,592
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,846)	(2,032)
Accumulated deficit	(9,953)	(11,296)
Treasury stock	(1)	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	4,086	(2,731)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	44,811	42,278
American Airlines Group (Parent Company Only) [Member]
Current assets
Cash	1	1
Short-term investments	0	0
Restricted cash and short-term investments	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Receivables from related parties,net	2,282	2,468
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other	0	0
Total current assets	2,283	2,469
Operating property and equipment	0	0
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	1,768	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	0	0
Other assets	43	42
Total other assets	1,811	42
Total assets	4,094	2,511
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Payable to affiliates	0	0
Air traffic liability	0	0
Frequent flyer liability	0	0
Other accrued liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	7	7
Pension and postretirement benefits	0	0
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	0	435
Negative investment in subsidiaries		4,799
Other liabilities	1	1
Total noncurrent liabilities	8	5,242
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	7	5
Additional paid-in capital	15,879	10,592
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,846)	(2,032)
Accumulated deficit	(9,953)	(11,296)
Treasury stock	(1)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	4,086	(2,731)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	4,094	2,511
AA [Member]
Current assets
Cash	981	829	599	474
Short-term investments	4,822	5,162
Restricted cash and short-term investments	650	702
Accounts receivable, net	1,502	1,186
Receivables from related parties,net	116	0
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	633	620
Prepaid expenses and other	581	702
Total current assets	9,285	9,201
Operating property and equipment	14,789	13,469
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	872	812
Other assets	2,002	2,130
Total other assets	2,874	2,942
Total assets	26,948	25,612
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	1,003	957
Accounts payable	1,258	1,013
Payable to affiliates	2,643	2,807
Air traffic liability	3,902	3,145
Frequent flyer liability	1,741	1,760
Other accrued liabilities	2,066	2,237
Total current liabilities	12,613	11,919
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	9,585	9,852
Pension and postretirement benefits	5,568	5,693
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	415	5,424
Negative investment in subsidiaries		0
Other liabilities	2,532	2,384
Total noncurrent liabilities	18,100	23,353
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	10,404	5,361
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,966)	(2,152)
Accumulated deficit	(12,203)	(12,869)
Treasury stock	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	(3,765)	(9,660)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	26,948	25,612
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member]
Current assets
Cash	1	1
Short-term investments	0	0
Restricted cash and short-term investments	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Receivables from related parties,net	173	144
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other	0	0
Total current assets	174	145
Operating property and equipment	0	0
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	6,078	5,317
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	0	0
Other assets	0	0
Total other assets	6,078	5,317
Total assets	6,252	5,462
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	0	22
Accounts payable	0	0
Payable to affiliates	633	408
Air traffic liability	0	0
Frequent flyer liability	0	0
Other accrued liabilities	2	103
Total current liabilities	635	533
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	523	523
Pension and postretirement benefits	0	0
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	0	0
Negative investment in subsidiaries		0
Other liabilities	0	0
Total noncurrent liabilities	523	523
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	4,653	4,602
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	10	12
Accumulated deficit	431	(208)
Treasury stock	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	5,094	4,406
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	6,252	5,462
US Airways [Member]
Current assets
Cash	222	303
Short-term investments	3,425	2,947
Restricted cash and short-term investments	232	333
Accounts receivable, net	471	357
Receivables from related parties,net	645	407
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	396	296
Prepaid expenses and other	989	857
Total current assets	6,380	5,500
Operating property and equipment	6,167	5,506
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Goodwill	4,089	4,086
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	1,458	1,496
Other assets	145	131
Total other assets	5,692	5,713
Total assets	18,239	16,719
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	520	467
Accounts payable	351	304
Payable to affiliates	221	50
Air traffic liability	1,781	1,235
Frequent flyer liability	1,138	1,245
Other accrued liabilities	1,147	1,137
Total current liabilities	5,158	4,438
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	5,125	5,005
Pension and postretirement benefits	108	109
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	0	0
Negative investment in subsidiaries		0
Other liabilities	1,805	1,905
Total noncurrent liabilities	7,038	7,019
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	5,492	5,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	10	12
Accumulated deficit	541	(191)
Treasury stock	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	6,043	5,262
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	18,239	16,719
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets
Cash	5	6
Short-term investments	2	2
Restricted cash and short-term investments	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	15	17
Receivables from related parties,net	521	459
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	64	96
Prepaid expenses and other	21	20
Total current assets	628	600
Operating property and equipment	280	284
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	0	3
Other assets	35	30
Total other assets	35	33
Total assets	943	917
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	0	0
Accounts payable	44	51
Payable to affiliates	240	213
Air traffic liability	0	0
Frequent flyer liability	0	0
Other accrued liabilities	149	139
Total current liabilities	433	403
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	0	0
Pension and postretirement benefits	28	26
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	0	69
Negative investment in subsidiaries		0
Other liabilities	280	277
Total noncurrent liabilities	308	372
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	198	126
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	0
Accumulated deficit	4	16
Treasury stock	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	202	142
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	943	917
Eliminations and Reclassifications [Member]
Current assets
Cash	0	0
Short-term investments	0	0
Restricted cash and short-term investments	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	(7)	0
Receivables from related parties,net	(3,737)	(3,478)
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other	(40)	(114)
Total current assets	(3,784)	(3,592)
Operating property and equipment	0	0
Other assets
Investment in subsidiaries	(7,846)	(5,317)
Goodwill	0	0
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization	0	0
Other assets	(35)	(34)
Total other assets	(7,881)	(5,351)
Total assets	(11,665)	(8,943)
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Payable to affiliates	(3,737)	(3,478)
Air traffic liability	0	0
Frequent flyer liability	0	0
Other accrued liabilities	(14)	(9)
Total current liabilities	(3,751)	(3,487)
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current maturities	(35)	(34)
Pension and postretirement benefits	0	0
Mandatorily convertible preferred stock and other bankruptcy settlement obligations	0	0
Negative investment in subsidiaries		(4,799)
Other liabilities	(305)	(473)
Total noncurrent liabilities	(340)	(5,306)
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	(20,747)	(15,530)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	1,946	2,128
Accumulated deficit	11,227	13,252
Treasury stock	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	(7,574)	(150)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$ (11,665)	$ (8,943)