Regional Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Regional Expenses

10. Regional Expenses

Expenses associated with our wholly-owned regional airlines and 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 March 31,
	2016		2015
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	219	$	311
Salaries, wages and benefits		326		292
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers		394		401
Maintenance, materials and repairs		95		75
Other rent and landing fees		128		114
Aircraft rent		9		9
Selling expenses		78		77
Depreciation and amortization		68		60
Special items, net		5		7
Other		110		116
Total regional expenses	$	1,432	$	1,462

American Airlines, Inc. [Member]

Regional Expenses

8. 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 March 31,
	2016		2015
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	219	$	311
Salaries, wages and benefits		84		67
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers		884		803
Maintenance, materials and repairs		1		—
Other rent and landing fees		109		98
Aircraft rent		7		7
Selling expenses		78		77
Depreciation and amortization		54		46
Special items, net		5		4
Other		65		80
Total regional expenses	$	1,506	$	1,493