Debt covenant, minimum aggregate liquidity following the merger.

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Debt instrument basis spread on LIBOR floor rate.

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Debt instrument, variable rate basis, floor rate.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt - 2014 Credit Facilities (Detail) - USD ($)					12 Months Ended
	May. 21, 2015	May. 20, 2015	Apr. 20, 2015	Apr. 19, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 26, 2015	Oct. 10, 2015	Oct. 10, 2014	Jun. 27, 2013
2014 Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable LIBOR floor rate					0.75%
2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					2.75%
2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					3.00%
2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility undrawn fee percentage					0.75%
2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					3.00%
2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility undrawn fee percentage					0.75%
2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility undrawn fee percentage					0.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, minimum aggregate liquidity following Merger					$ 2,000,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument principal amount								$ 750,000,000
Refinancing of credit facilities					$ 743,000,000
Percentage of repayable amount on original principal amount					1.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument principal amount								750,000,000
Refinancing of credit facilities					$ 743,000,000
Percentage of repayable amount on original principal amount					1.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			3.00%	3.50%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			3.00%	3.50%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 1,025,000,000		400,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						1,025,000,000		400,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					300,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, minimum aggregate liquidity following Merger					2,000,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, minimum aggregate liquidity following Merger					2,000,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument principal amount	$ 1,900,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument principal amount									$ 1,900,000,000
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,900,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 1,900,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.75%	3.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.75%	3.00%			2.50%
Line of credit facility, floor rate					0.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					2.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 1,400,000,000	1,400,000,000	1,000,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					1,400,000,000			1,400,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					3.00%
Line of credit facility, floor rate					0.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					3.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity								300,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding								0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2013 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity								300,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding								$ 0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, minimum aggregate liquidity following Merger					$ 2,000,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					2.75%
Line of credit facility, floor rate					0.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					300.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 1,025,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 0
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate					3.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Credit Facilities [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member] \| American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 300,000,000