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Commitments and Contingencies
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments

On October 25, 2023, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with The Boeing Company ("Boeing") relating to its contractual order book for Boeing 737-7 and Boeing 737-8 aircraft. Based on the Company's agreement with Boeing, capital commitments associated with firm orders as of October 26, 2023, were: $133 million remaining in 2023, $2.1 billion in 2024, $1.7 billion in 2025, $1.8 billion in 2026, $2.6 billion in 2027, $2.9 billion in 2028, and $5.3 billion thereafter.
Contingencies

The Company is from time to time subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business and records a liability for such claims when it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount is reasonably estimable.

Based on the wide-scale operational disruption for the Company, which led to the cancelation of a significant number of flights between December 21 and December 29, 2022, the Company could be subject to fines and/or penalties resulting from investigations by the Department of Transportation or other government agencies. See Note 1. On October 27, 2023, the Department of Transportation notified the Company that it has determined the Company had failed to provide adequate customer service assistance, prompt flight status notifications, and proper and prompt refunds and that the assessment of a civil penalty is warranted. The Company could also face monetary damages or other costs resulting from litigation initiated by Customers and/or Shareholders. The Company is currently not able to estimate a range of possible loss for such items.

The Company is a defendant in class action litigation asserting it has not provided paid short-term military leave to certain employees, in violation of the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”). The United States District Court for the Northern District of California previously issued an order to effectively stay the action, pending an appeal from an order by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington granting summary judgment in favor of an airline in a separate case involving substantially the same claims at issue in this action. On February 1, 2023, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment and remanded the separate airline case to the District Court. The Ninth Circuit’s decision may adversely affect the Company’s defenses in the USERRA proceeding and may give rise to additional litigation in this or other areas. The Company is currently not able to estimate a range of possible loss with regards to the litigation to which it is a defendant.