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2407403 - Disclosure - Leases (Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Capital and Operating Leases) (Details)
(http://aa.com/role/LeasesFutureMinimumLeasePaymentsUnderCapitalAndOperatingLeasesDetails)
TableSchedule Of Lease payments, Type [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000004515 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Lease Payments, Type [Axis]Lease Payments Type [Domain]
Lease payments, Type [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2012-12-31
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Current
82,000,000  
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due in Two Years
69,000,000  
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due in Three Years
63,000,000  
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due in Four Years
56,000,000  
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due in Five Years
52,000,000  
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter
360,000,000  
Future minimum lease payment under Capital leases - Total
682,000,000  
 
Less amount representing interest
251,000,000  
Present value of net minimum lease payments
431,000,000 1
 
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Current
1,031,000,000  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Two Years
961,000,000  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Three Years
891,000,000  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Four Years
815,000,000  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Five Years
776,000,000  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due Thereafter
4,531,000,000  
Future minimum lease payment under Operating Leases - Total
9,005,000,000 2
 
Deferred Rent Credit
 
1: (1)As of December 31, 2012, included in Liabilities Subject to Compromise on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet is approximately $19 million relating to ground capital leases.
2: (2) As of December 31, 2012, $201 million and $160 million are included on the accompanying balance sheet in Liabilities Subject to Compromise and Accrued liabilities and other liabilities and deferred credits, respectively, relating to rent expense being recorded in advance of future operating lease payments.