Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors and Non-guarantor Subsidiaries-Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		$ 2,637	$ 1,870
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		(2,678)	(1,804)
Increase in short-term investments		(138)	(2,194)
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		153	(13)
Net proceeds from slot transaction	307	307	0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		9	26
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,347)	(3,985)
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		(1,145)	(551)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		534	1,684
Exercise of stock options		9	0
Deferred financing costs		(7)	(30)
Sale-leaseback transactions		411	1,132
Treasury stock repurchases		(28)	0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Other financing activities		6	4
Net cash used in financing activities		(220)	2,239
Net increase (decrease) in cash		70	124
Cash at beginning of period	1,140	1,140	480
Cash at end of period		1,210	604
American Airlines Group (Parent Company Only) [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		0
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		0
Increase in short-term investments		0
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		0
Net proceeds from slot transaction		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		0
Net cash used in investing activities		0
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		0
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		0
Exercise of stock options		0
Deferred financing costs		0
Sale-leaseback transactions		0
Treasury stock repurchases		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Other financing activities		0
Net cash used in financing activities		0
Net increase (decrease) in cash		0
Cash at beginning of period	1	1
Cash at end of period		1
AA [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,683	1,855
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		(1,828)	(1,799)
Increase in short-term investments		340	(2,196)
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		52	(13)
Net proceeds from slot transaction		299	0
Funds transferred to affiliates		(198)	0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		7	22
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,328)	(3,986)
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		(655)	(551)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		53	1,684
Exercise of stock options		0
Deferred financing costs		(5)	(30)
Sale-leaseback transactions		411	1,132
Treasury stock repurchases		(7)	0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0	16
Other financing activities		0	5
Net cash used in financing activities		(203)	2,256
Net increase (decrease) in cash		152	125
Cash at beginning of period	829	829	474
Cash at end of period		981	599
US Airways Group (Parent Company Only) [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		0
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		0
Increase in short-term investments		0
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		0
Net proceeds from slot transaction		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		0
Net cash used in investing activities		0
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		0
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		0
Exercise of stock options		0
Deferred financing costs		0
Sale-leaseback transactions		0
Treasury stock repurchases		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Other financing activities		0
Net cash used in financing activities		0
Net increase (decrease) in cash		0
Cash at beginning of period	1	1
Cash at end of period		1
US Airways [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		931
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		(626)
Increase in short-term investments		(478)
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		101
Net proceeds from slot transaction		8
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		0
Net cash used in investing activities		(995)
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		(314)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		481
Exercise of stock options		9
Deferred financing costs		(2)
Sale-leaseback transactions		0
Treasury stock repurchases		(21)
Funds transferred to affiliates		(176)
Other financing activities		6
Net cash used in financing activities		(17)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(81)
Cash at beginning of period	303	303
Cash at end of period		222
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		23
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		(26)
Increase in short-term investments		0
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		0
Net proceeds from slot transaction		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		2
Net cash used in investing activities		(24)
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		0
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		0
Exercise of stock options		0
Deferred financing costs		0
Sale-leaseback transactions		0
Treasury stock repurchases		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		0
Other financing activities		0
Net cash used in financing activities		0
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(1)
Cash at beginning of period	6	6
Cash at end of period		5
Eliminations and Reclassifications [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by operating activities		0
Capital expenditures and aircraft purchase deposits		(198)
Increase in short-term investments		0
Decrease in restricted cash and short-term investments		0
Net proceeds from slot transaction		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		198
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		0
Net cash used in investing activities		0
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases		(176)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		0
Exercise of stock options		0
Deferred financing costs		0
Sale-leaseback transactions		0
Treasury stock repurchases		0
Funds transferred to affiliates		176
Other financing activities		0
Net cash used in financing activities		0
Net increase (decrease) in cash		0
Cash at beginning of period	0	0
Cash at end of period		$ 0