Transactions with Related Parties - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
American Airlines, Inc. [Member] \| Regional Carrier [Member] \| AAG's Wholly-owned Subsidiaries [Member] \| Airline Capacity Purchase Arrangements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, expense recognized	$ 1.8	$ 1.7	$ 1.5

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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