(Maturities of Long Term Debt) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013 aircraft	Dec. 31, 2013 AA [Member] aircraft	Dec. 31, 2013 AA [Member] Secured Debt, Tax Exempt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 AA [Member] Secured Debt [Member]	Dec. 09, 2013 US Airways Group [Member] Secured Debt [Member] Credit Facility, Citicorp 2013 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 US Airways Group [Member] Unsecured Debt [Member] Senior Notes, 6.125, Due in 2018 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 US Airways Group [Member] Unsecured Debt [Member] Convertible Senior Notes, 7.25, Due in 2014 [Member]
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]
2014	$ 1,446,000,000	$ 957,000,000
2015	1,325,000,000	880,000,000
2016	2,733,000,000	1,801,000,000
2017	1,223,000,000	846,000,000
2018	1,756,000,000	722,000,000
2019 and Thereafter	8,412,000,000	5,646,000,000
Total	16,895,000,000	10,852,000,000
Number of aircraft committed to capital leases	28	28
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted			$ 1,300,000,000	$ 4,700,000,000	$ 1,600,000,000
Stated interest rate percentage						6.125%	7.25%