Defined Contribution Plan Requisite Service Period For Vesting

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Percentage of Company contribution to Pilots Retirement Program based on eligible pilot compensation

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Vesting period for company matching contributions relating to pilots retirement program

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480794/715-70-50-1

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Crewmember Retirement Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2021	Jan. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of employees pay (in percent)			100.00%
Crewmember contribution percentage (in percent)			5.00%
Percentage of compensation in cash			3 years
Percentage of company contribution to pilots retirement program	16.00%
Pilots retirement vesting period			3 years
Defined contribution plan, cost			$ 66	$ 66
Retirement Advantage
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Crewmember contribution percentage (in percent)			3.00%
Retirement Non-elective Licensed
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Crewmember contribution percentage (in percent)		8.00%
Percentage of compensation in cash		3 years
Retirement Non-elective Crewmember
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Crewmember contribution percentage (in percent)		5.00%