Subsequent Event (Details) - Boeing 737 Max - Subsequent Event	Jan. 31, 2022 aircraft
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of aircraft to be purchased through the conversion of existing purchase option	23
Number of aircraft to be purchased through exercising of purchase option	7
Additional number of aircrafts to be purchased	30
Number of aircraft, deferrable, scheduled to be delivered in 2023	15
Number of aircraft, deferrable, scheduled to be delivered in 2024	15
American Airlines, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of aircraft to be purchased through the conversion of existing purchase option	23
Number of aircraft to be purchased through exercising of purchase option	7
Additional number of aircrafts to be purchased	30
Number of aircraft, deferrable, scheduled to be delivered in 2023	15
Number of aircraft, deferrable, scheduled to be delivered in 2024	15

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Number Of Aircrafts, Deferrable, Scheduled To Be Delivered, Period Two

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Purchase Commitment, Number Of Aircrafts To Be Purchased Though Exercising Purchase Options

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Purchase Commitment, Number Of Aircrafts To Be Purchased Through The Conversion Of Existing Purchase Option

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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