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Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required, Non-Binding Letter Of Intent

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Number Of Leasing Partners With Signed Letter Of Intent

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Long-term Purchase Commitment, Option To Convert Product Type

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Multiemployer Plan, Number Of Employee Groups

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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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Number of units of goods that must be purchased within the specified time period of the agreement to avoid penalties or unfavorable effects on pricing, among other adverse consequences.

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Percentage of entity's employees covered by collective-bargaining arrangement (CBA) to all entity's employees in multiemployer pension plan determined to be individually significant.

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid after fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2021 aircraft	Jul. 31, 2021 aircraft	Dec. 31, 2017 aircraft	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) aircraft employee_group	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, 2022 \| $				$ 784
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, 2023 \| $				1,215
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, 2024 \| $				1,450
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, 2025 \| $				1,754
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, 2026 \| $				2,345
Purchase commitments for aircraft and engines, thereafter \| $				$ 6,218
Number of union-represented employee groups \| employee_group				7
Amount of employees represented by unions				88.00%
Accrued liabilities for health care claims \| $				$ 5	$ 4
Air Transportation Equipment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of aircraft agreed to purchase \| aircraft				234
Air Transportation Equipment \| A320neo
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of aircraft agreed to purchase \| aircraft			67	76
Number of aircraft eligible for conversion \| aircraft				18
Air Transportation Equipment \| A321neo
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of aircraft agreed to purchase \| aircraft	91	10	67	158
Number of leasing partners with signed letter of intent \| aircraft		2
Number of aircraft signed in to direct lease agreements \| aircraft				7
Number of aircraft covered under non-binding letter of intent \| aircraft				3