Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases as of September 30, 2013 and the periods in which payments are due were as follows:

	Operating Lease Obligations
	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2013	$	47,411
2014	188,817
2015	188,492
2016	181,369
2017	157,756
2018 and thereafter	574,141
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,337,986

Employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements

The table below sets forth our employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements as of September 30, 2013.

Employee Groups	Representative	Amendable Date	Percentage of Workforce
Pilots	Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)	August 2015	24%
Flight Attendants	Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)	August 2007	34%
Dispatchers	Transport Workers Union (TWU)	August 2018	1%