Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Operating Aircraft Leases

As of September 30, 2015, the Company's aircraft orders consisted of the following:

	Airbus				Third-Party Lessor
	A320	A320NEO	A321	A321NEO	A320NEO	Total
remainder of 2015			3		1	4
2016	3		9		4	16
2017	8		10			18
2018	2	6	5			13
2019		3		10		13
2020		13				13
2021		18				18
	13	40	27	10	5	95

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases

Future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases with initial or remaining terms in excess of one year at September 30, 2015 were as follows:

		Operating Leases
		Aircraft and Spare Engine Leases		Property Facility Leases		Operating Lease Obligations
	(in thousands)
remainder of 2015		$	53,847	$	8,189	$	62,036
2016		213,207		24,925		238,132
2017		199,628		26,802		226,430
2018		175,867		29,883		205,750
2019		147,756		29,304		177,060
2020 and thereafter		630,732		92,553		723,285
Total minimum lease payments		$	1,421,037	$	211,656	$	1,632,693

Employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements

The table below sets forth the Company's employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements as of September 30, 2015.

Employee Groups	Representative	Amendable Date	Percentage of Workforce
Pilots	Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)	August 2015	26%
Flight Attendants	Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)	August 2007	43%
Dispatchers	Transport Workers Union (TWU)	August 2018	1%
Ramp Service Agents	International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)	June 2020	3%