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Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors and Non-guarantor Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail)
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]    
Debt instrument, stated interest rate percentage 7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage  
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Senior Notes, 6.125, Due in 2018 [Member]    
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]    
Debt instrument, stated interest rate percentage   6.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aal_SeniorNotesSixPointOneTwoFiveDueInTwoThousandEighteenMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember