Debt Covenant, Maximum Pre-Paid Miles Allowed During Fiscal Year, Value

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Debt Covenant, Minimum Liquidity Requirement

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Debt Covenant, Percent Of Principal Subject To Prepayment

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Debt Covenant, Percent Of Principal Subject To Prepayment Upon Change Of Control

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Debt Instrument, First-Priority Security Interest, Equity Interests Percentage

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The cash inflow from amounts received from issuance of long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes proceeds from tax exempt secured debt.

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Debt and Other Obligations - 8.00% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 17, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Less unamortized discount, net		$ 131,400,000	$ 40,400,000
8.00% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 \| 8.00% senior secured notes due in 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 850,000,000
Stated interest rate percentage	8.00%
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt		823,900,000
Debt issuance costs, net		17,400,000
Less unamortized discount, net		$ 8,700,000
First-priority security interest, equity interests percentage	100.00%
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Debt covenant, percent of principal subject to prepayment	100.00%
Debt covenant, percent of principal subject to prepayment upon change of control	101.00%
Debt covenant, maximum pre-paid miles allowed during fiscal year, value	$ 25,000,000
Debt covenant, minimum liquidity requirement	$ 400,000,000