DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Additional Information (Detail) |
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Sep. 30, 2011
USD ($)
Contract
Person
CreditFacility
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Dec. 31, 2010
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Commercial paper
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2010
Commercial paper
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Foreign Commercial Paper Program
EUR (€)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Minimum
Revolving credit facility expiring in 2012
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Sep. 30, 2011
Maximum
Revolving credit facility expiring in 2012
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving credit facility expiring in 2012
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Minimum
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
Minimum Applicable Margin Lower Rate
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
Minimum Applicable Margin Upper Rate
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
Maximum Applicable Margin Lower Rate
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Sep. 30, 2011
Revolving Credit Facility Expiring In 2015
Maximum Applicable Margin Upper Rate
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| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
| Increase in capital lease obligations | $ 261,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Number of aircraft capital lease transactions | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Commercial paper program, authorized to borrow | 10,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Total debt | 12,402,000,000 | 10,846,000,000 | 1,293,000,000 | 341,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Commercial paper program, amount outstanding | 0 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. commercial paper program, average interest rate | 0.04% | |||||||||||||
| Number of credit agreements | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Covenants limit the amount of secured indebtedness that we may incur, and limit the amount of attributable debt in sale-leaseback transactions, to percentage of net tangible assets | 10.00% | |||||||||||||
| Covenants limit the amount of secured indebtedness that we may incur, and limit the amount of attributable debt in sale-leaseback transactions, net tangible assets amount | 2,504,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Minimum net worth amount that must be maintained | 5,000,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Net worth | 13,838,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Long-term debt fair value | 13,072,000,000 | 11,355,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Revolving credit facilities | $ 1,500,000,000 | $ 1,000,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Maturity | Apr. 12, 2012 | Apr. 14, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Applicable margin rates | 0.15% | 0.75% | 0.25% | 0.50% | 1.00% | 1.50% | ||||||||
| Applicable margin for base rate below LIBOR | 0.00% | 1.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | ||||||||||
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- Definition Applicable Margin Rate On Base Rate Below LIBOR
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- Definition Debt Covenant Tangible Asset Percentage
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- Definition Debt Instrument, Average Interest Rate
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- Definition Debt Instrument, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Amount
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- Definition Minimum Net Worth Required
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- Definition Net worth calculation used in debt covenant compliance test.
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- Definition Number Of Aircraft Lease Transactions
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- Definition Number Of Credit Facilities
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- Definition Tangible asset calculation used in debt covenant compliance test.
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- Definition The increase during the period in capital lease obligations due to entering into new capital leases. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.
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- Definition Including current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of long-term borrowings as of the balance sheet date before deducting unamortized discount or premiums (if any). May include notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, which had initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition 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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- Definition Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, which may be presented in a variety of ways (year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter, etc.). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Including current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of long-term borrowings as of the balance sheet date. May include notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, which had initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, and after deducting unamortized discount or premiums, if any. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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