Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The effects of adoption of the New Revenue Standard and New Retirement Standard to our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):

				New Revenue Standard					New Retirement Standard
	As Reported			Deferred Revenue Method		Reclassifications			Reclassifications			As Recast
Operating revenues:
Passenger	$	8,155		$	170	$	672		$	—		$	8,997
Cargo	172			—		19			—			191
Other	1,297			—		(665		)	—			632
Total operating revenues	9,624			170		26			—			9,820
Total operating expenses	9,023			—		26			34			9,083
Operating income	601			170		—			(34		)	737
Total nonoperating expense, net	(236		)	—		—			34			(202		)
Income before income taxes	365			170		—			—			535
Income tax provision	131			64		—			—			195
Net income	$	234		$	106	$	—		$	—		$	340
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.46										$	0.67

The effects of adoption of the New Revenue Standard to our December 31, 2017 consolidated balance sheet are as follows (in millions):

	As Reported		New Revenue Standard			As Recast
Deferred tax asset	$	427	$	1,389		$	1,816
Air traffic liability	3,978		64			4,042
Current loyalty program liability	2,791		330			3,121
Noncurrent loyalty program liability	—		5,701			5,701
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	3,926		(4,706		)	(780		)

American Airlines, Inc. [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The effects of adoption of the New Revenue Standard and New Retirement Standard to American’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were as follows (in millions):

				New Revenue Standard					New Retirement Standard
	As Reported			Deferred Revenue Method		Reclassifications			Reclassifications			As Recast
Operating revenues:
Passenger	$	8,155		$	170	$	672		$	—		$	8,997
Cargo	172			—		19			—			191
Other	1,294			—		(665		)	—			629
Total operating revenues	9,621			170		26			—			9,817
Total operating expenses	9,017			—		26			34			9,077
Operating income	604			170		—			(34		)	740
Total nonoperating expense, net	(193		)	—		—			34			(159		)
Income before income taxes	411			170		—			—			581
Income tax provision	148			64		—			—			212
Net income	$	263		$	106	$	—		$	—		$	369

The effects of adoption of the New Revenue Standard to American’s December 31, 2017 consolidated balance sheet are as follows (in millions):

	As Reported		New Revenue Standard			As Recast
Deferred tax asset	$	682	$	1,389		$	2,071
Air traffic liability	3,978		64			4,042
Current loyalty program liability	2,791		330			3,121
Noncurrent loyalty program liability	—		5,701			5,701
Total stockholder’s equity (deficit)	14,594		(4,706		)	9,888