LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt obligations on the consolidated balance sheet (in millions):



	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Fixed-rate notes payable due through 2026	$	730		$	520
Variable-rate notes payable due through 2028	1,423			166
Less debt issuance costs	(17		)	(3		)
Total debt	2,136			683
Less current portion	275			114
Long-term debt, less current portion	$	1,861		$	569

Weighted-average fixed-interest rate	4.6		%	5.7		%
Weighted-average variable-interest rate	2.3		%	1.8		%

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company made debt payments of $93 million. In the current quarter the Company obtained approximately $1.5 billion of secured debt financing from multiple lenders in anticipation of the pending merger with Virgin America. The loans are secured by a total of 53 aircraft, including 34 737-900ER aircraft and 19 737-800 aircraft.

To hedge the volatility of the underlying variable interest rates on $300 million of the debt obtained in the third quarter of 2016, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements. The interest rate swap agreements stipulate that the Company pay a fixed interest rate over the term of the loans and receive a floating interest rate. We have designated these agreements as qualifying hedging instruments and are accounting for them as cash flow hedges. The interest rate swap agreements expire October 2022 and September 2026 to coincide with the debt termination dates.

Interest rate swaps are recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, and changes in the fair value are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The effective portion of the derivative represents the change in fair value of the hedge that offsets the change in fair value of the hedged item. To the extent the change in fair value of the hedge does not perfectly offset the change in the fair value of the hedged item, the ineffective portion of the hedge is recognized in interest expense, if material.

Subsequent to September 30, 2016, the Company obtained an additional $100 million of secured debt financing in anticipation of the pending merger with Virgin America. Subsequent events are further discussed in Note 11.

As discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted ASU 2015-03 which resulted in a reclassification of debt issuance costs as an offset to debt in the consolidated balance sheet.

At September 30, 2016, scheduled long-term debt principal payments for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in millions):



	Total
Remainder of 2016	$	47
2017	282
2018	315
2019	281
2020	286
Thereafter	942
Total	$	2,153

Bank Lines of Credit

The Company has two $100 million credit facilities and one $52 million credit facility. All three facilities have variable interest rates based on LIBOR plus a specified margin. One of the $100 million facilities, which expires in September 2017, is secured by aircraft. The other $100 million facility, which expires in March 2017, is secured by certain accounts receivable, spare engines, spare parts and ground service equipment. The $52 million facility expires in October 2017 with a mechanism for annual renewal and is secured by two 737-800 aircraft. The Company has no immediate plans to borrow using any of these facilities. All three credit facilities have a requirement to maintain a minimum unrestricted cash and marketable securities balance of $500 million. The Company is in compliance with this covenant at September 30, 2016.