Atomic scale study of the character and motion of dislocations in Al 2 Cu will provide insights into understanding the superior mechanical properties of Al-Al 2 Cu alloys. Using atomistic simulations, we studied seven potential slip systems (110)<001>, (010)<001>, (310)<001>, (010)<100>, (110)<1 0>, (110) < 1> and (112) < > in Al 2 Cu with body centered tetragonal structure. We found that three edge dislocations with Burgers vector <001> on glide planes (110), (010), and (310), show an extended core and are predicted to be glissile at room and moderate temperatures. Other four edge dislocations associated with slip systems (010)<100>, (110)<1 0>, (110) < 1> and (112) < > and three screw dislocations with Burgers vectors <001>, <110>, and < > show a condensed core, and exhibit significantly higher Peierls barrier for glide at room temperature. Furthermore, the interaction of dislocation dipole associated with slip system (110)<001> results in the climb of the extended-core dislocation at room temperature through three stages: the extended core condenses, the leading partial dislocation climbs accompanying the creation of vacancies (resulting in a non-planar core), and the two partials with non-planar core collectively glide on the neighboring slip planes associated with atomic shuffles.