Regional Expenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Regional Expenses

12. Regional Expenses

Expenses associated with the Company’s wholly-owned regional airlines and third-party regional carriers operating under the brand names American Eagle and US Airways Express are classified as regional expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Regional expenses consist of the following (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	310	$	538	$	970	$	1,573
Salaries, wages and benefits		296		283		881		850
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers		399		380		1,172		1,102
Maintenance, materials and repairs		78		94		241		263
Other rent and landing fees		126		109		354		311
Aircraft rent		8		9		25		26
Selling expenses		87		79		252		238
Depreciation and amortization		62		52		181		156
Special items, net		2		2		20		7
Other		150		122		440		393
Total regional expenses	$	1,518	$	1,668	$	4,536	$	4,919

American Airlines, Inc. [Member]

Regional Expenses

10. Regional Expenses

Expenses associated with American’s third-party regional carriers operating under the brand name American Eagle are classified as regional expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Regional expenses consist of the following (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Aircraft fuel and related taxes	$	166	$	264	$	510	$	787
Salaries, wages and benefits		36		25		100		71
Capacity purchases from third-party regional carriers		371		327		1,067		970
Other rent and landing fees		77		61		212		177
Selling expenses		44		40		122		116
Depreciation and amortization		47		36		134		110
Special items, net		1		2		4		4
Other		61		35		169		117
Total regional expenses	$	803	$	790	$	2,318	$	2,352