Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Operating Aircraft Leases

As of September 30, 2016, the Company's aircraft orders consisted of the following:

	Airbus			Third-Party Lessor
	A320ceo	A320neo	A321ceo	A320neo	Total
remainder of 2016	—	—	1	5	6
2017	4	—	11	—	15
2018	5	4	5	—	14
2019	1	12	—	—	13
2020	—	16	—	—	16
2021	—	18	—	—	18
	10	50	17	5	82

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, 2016 were as follows:

		Operating Leases
		Aircraft and Spare Engine Leases		Property Facility Leases		Total Operating Lease Obligations
	(in thousands)
remainder of 2016		$	50,986	$	10,824	$	61,810
2017		194,607		34,988		229,595
2018		177,717		34,714		212,431
2019		158,818		30,312		189,130
2020		150,842		19,111		169,953
2021 and thereafter		520,857		60,513		581,370
Total minimum lease payments		$	1,253,827	$	190,462	$	1,444,289

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, 2016.

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)	May 2021	42%
Dispatchers	Transport Workers Union (TWU)	August 2018	1%
Ramp Service Agents	International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)	June 2020	3%