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Supplemental Financial Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Other Assets |
Other assets (in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Derivative contracts | $ | 86 |  |  | $ | 145 |
Intangible assets (a) | 366 |  |  | 166 |
Non-current investments | 36 |  |  | 44 |
Other | 131 |  |  | 175 |
Other assets | $ | 619 |  |  | $ | 530 |
(a) Intangible assets primarily consist of acquired leasehold rights to certain airport owned gates at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, take-off and landing slots (a “slot” is the right of an air carrier, pursuant to regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), to operate a takeoff or landing at a specific time at certain airports) at certain domestic slot-controlled airports, and certain intangible assets recognized from the AirTran acquisition. The increase in Intangible assets during 2014 was primarily due to the acquisition of additional slots at Washington Reagan National Airport, which were divested by AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., in connection with the merger with US Airways Group, Inc. The slots acquired are not subject to amortization due to the ability to renew the slots on an unlimited basis, the expectation that the slots will contribute positive cash flows for an indefinite period of time, and the Company's recent significant growth in certain slot-controlled airports. The purchase price paid for these slots was included as a component of Capital expenditures in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
Schedule of Accounts Payable |
Accounts payable (in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Accounts payable trade | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 189 |
Salaries payable | 142 |  |  | 156 |
Taxes payable | 142 |  |  | 146 |
Aircraft maintenance payable | 310 |  |  | 331 |
Fuel payable | 99 |  |  | 102 |
Other payables | 303 |  |  | 323 |
Accounts payable | $ | 1,185 |  |  | $ | 1,247 |
Accrued Liabilities |
Accrued liabilities (in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Profitsharing and savings plans | $ | 268 |  |  | $ | 244 |
Aircraft and other lease related obligations | 152 |  |  | 173 |
Vacation pay | 291 |  |  | 278 |
Health | 70 |  |  | 73 |
Derivative contracts | 31 |  |  | 12 |
Workers compensation | 160 |  |  | 161 |
Property and other taxes | 50 |  |  | 62 |
Other | 255 |  |  | 226 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 1,277 |  |  | $ | 1,229 |
Other Noncurrent Liabilities |
Other noncurrent liabilities (in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Postretirement obligation | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Non-current lease-related obligations | 202 |  |  | 290 |
Other deferred compensation | 167 |  |  | 163 |
Deferred gains from sale and leaseback of aircraft | 57 |  |  | 65 |
Derivative contracts | 37 |  |  | 45 |
Other | 52 |  |  | 70 |
Other noncurrent liabilities | $ | 658 |  |  | $ | 771 |

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