Advance Payments and Deferred Revenue/Credits (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	$ 939,600,000	$ 953,500,000
Inventory Type One [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	20,200,000	20,500,000
Inventory Type Five [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	621,700,000	629,800,000
Airbus Three Hundred Fifty XWB [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	247,300,000	250,200,000
Airbus Advance Payments Made Under Agreement	250,000,000
Amortization Of Advances Per Ship Set	1,250,000
Inventory Type Six [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	6,000,000	6,700,000
Inventory Type Seven [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	26,800,000	28,200,000
Other Inventory [Member]
Advance payments and deferred revenue/credits summarized
Advance Payments And Deferred Revenue Credits	$ 17,600,000	$ 18,100,000