COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) |
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| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule of Future Aircraft Purchase Commitments | Our future aircraft purchase commitments totaled approximately $15.4 billion at December 31, 2025:
(1)The timing of these commitments is based on our contractual agreements with the aircraft manufacturers and remains uncertain due to supply chain, manufacturing and regulatory constraints. Our future aircraft purchase commitments included the following aircraft at December 31, 2025:
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| Schedule of Contract Carrier Minimum Obligations | The obligations set forth in the table contemplate minimum levels of flying by the regional carriers under the respective agreements and also reflect assumptions regarding certain costs associated with the minimum levels of flying such as the cost of fuel, labor, maintenance, insurance, catering, property tax and landing fees. Accordingly, our actual payments under these agreements could differ materially from the minimum fixed obligations set forth in the table below.
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| Schedule of Domestic Airline Employees Represented by Collective Bargaining Agreements by Group |
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