Commitments and Contingencies
The Company leases assets including aircraft, office facilities, office equipment, certain airport and terminal facilities, and other space. These commitments have remaining non-cancelable lease terms, which range from 2026 to 2048. Refer to Note 7 for more information on the Company's lease agreements.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding purchase commitments for 34 aircraft which are expected to deliver from 2026 through 2028.
The Company's contractual purchase commitments consist primarily of aircraft and engine acquisitions. The total future commitments are as follows, based on contractual terms in place at December 31, 2025:
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| (in thousands) | As of December 31, 2025 |
| 2026 | $ | 632,159 | |
| 2027 | 601,083 | |
| 2028 | 70,084 | |
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| Total purchase commitments | $ | 1,303,326 | |
Contingencies
The Company is party to collective bargaining agreements with the employee groups listed below. As of December 31, 2025, the percentage of full-time equivalent employees for each of these pay groups was as follows:
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| As of December 31, 2025 |
| Pilots | 23.6 | % |
| Flight Attendants | 31.8 | |
| Maintenance Technicians | 14.6 | |
| Flight Dispatchers | 1.2 | |
| Total | 71.2 | % |
As of December 31, 2025, the Company employed approximately 5,620 full-time equivalent employees, 23.6 percent of whom (the pilots) are covered by collective bargaining agreements that are currently amendable and are in negotiation.
See Item I - Business, for further discussion on the status of each group which has elected union representation.
The Company's credit card processing agreements provide that no cash reserve ("Reserve") is required, and no withholding of payment related to receivables collected will occur, except in certain circumstances, including when a required level of liquidity is not maintained. To date, the Company has always satisfied the required level of liquidity. In circumstances in which the credit card processor can establish a Reserve or withhold payments, the amount of the Reserve or payments that may be withheld would be up to the potential liability of the credit card processor for tickets purchased with credit cards, as applicable, that had not yet been used for travel. The Company did not have a Reserve or any amount withheld as of December 31, 2025 or 2024.
The Company is party to aircraft and other financial transactions that include provisions that require payments to preserve an economic return to the lenders if that economic return is diminished due to specified changes in law or regulations. In some of these financing transactions, the Company would also bear the risk of changes in tax laws that would subject payments to non-U.S. lenders to withholding taxes. The Company cannot reasonably estimate potential future payments under these provisions as it cannot predict when and under what circumstances these provisions may be triggered.
The Company is subject to certain other legal and administrative actions it considers routine to its business activities. The Company believes the ultimate outcome of any pending legal or administrative matters will not have a material adverse impact on its financial position, liquidity or results of operations.