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COMMITMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases and Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligtaions | Future minimum payments for commitments, excluding operating leases, as of September 30, 2019 (in millions):
| Aircraft Commitments(a) |  | Capacity Purchase Agreements (b) |  | Aircraft Maintenance Deposits
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 16 |
2020 | 504 |  |  | 145 |  |  | 73 |
2021 | 475 |  |  | 166 |  |  | 63 |
2022 | 333 |  |  | 174 |  |  | 54 |
2023 | 194 |  |  | 179 |  |  | 29 |
Thereafter | 36 |  |  | 1,065 |  |  | 10 |
Total | $ | 1,653 |  |  | $ | 1,763 |  |  | $ | 245 |
(a) | Includes non-cancelable contractual commitments for aircraft and engines, buyer furnished equipment, and aircraft maintenance and parts management.
(b) | Includes all non-aircraft lease costs associated with capacity purchase agreements.

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