Debt (Components Of Long-Term Debt) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$ 16,777	$ 16,894
Less: total unamortized debt discount	92	95
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	1,441	1,446
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current maturities	15,244	15,353
Convertible Senior Notes, 7.25, Due in 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	7.25%
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	16,226	16,343
Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	551	551
AA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	10,607	10,878
Less: total unamortized debt discount	66	69
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	951	957
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current maturities	9,590	9,852
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	10,580	10,851
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	7.50%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Secured variable and fixed rate indebtedness due through 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,966	2,140
Effective interest rate percentage - minimum (percent)	1.43%	1.43%
Effective interest rate percentage - maximum (percent)	8.10%	8.10%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates Due Two Thousand Twenty Five [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	3,415	3,516
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - minimum (percent)	4.00%	4.00%
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - maximum (percent)	7.00%	7.00%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Special Facility Revenue Bonds, Due Through 2031 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,313	1,313
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - minimum (percent)	7.125%	7.125%
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - maximum (percent)	8.50%	8.50%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | 7.50% Senior Secured Notes Due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	900	1,000
Interest rate at period end (percent)	7.50%	7.50%
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	7.50%	7.50%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Senior Secured Credit Facility, Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,886	1,891
Interest rate at period end (percent)	3.75%	3.75%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | AAdvantage Miles Advance Purchase [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	568	611
Effective interest rate percentage (percent)	8.30%	8.30%
AA [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Other Secured Obligations, Fixed Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	532	380
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - minimum (percent)	5.20%	5.20%
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - maximum (percent)	12.20%	12.20%
AA [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	27	27
AA [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member] | Affiliate Unsecured Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	27	27
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases	22	22
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current maturities	523	523
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	5,646	5,492
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Other Secured Obligations, Fixed Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	46	47
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - minimum (percent)	5.20%	5.20%
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - maximum (percent)	8.00%	8.00%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Credit Facility, Tranche B-1, Citicorp 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,000	1,000
Variable interest rate percentage (percent)	3.50%	3.50%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Credit Facility, Tranche B-2, Citicorp 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	600	600
Variable interest rate percentage (percent)	3.00%	3.00%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Aircraft Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	2,703	2,515
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - minimum (percent)	3.95%	3.95%
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate - maximum (percent)	11.00%	11.00%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Equipment Loans and Other Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,297	1,330
Effective interest rate percentage - minimum (percent)	1.55%	1.55%
Effective interest rate percentage - maximum (percent)	8.48%	8.48%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	551	551
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member] | Senior Notes, 6.125, Due in 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	500	500
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	6.125%	6.125%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member] | Convertible Senior Notes, 7.25, Due in 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	22	22
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	7.25%	7.25%
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member] | Industrial Development Bonds, 6.30, Due in 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$ 29	$ 29
Stated interest rate percentage (percent)	6.30%	6.30%