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Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | $ 391,116 | $ 320,385
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 118,117 | 115,961
Designated as Hedging Instrument |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 377,209 | 298,963
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 107,482 | 105,033
Notional Disclosures |  |  |
Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets/(Liabilities) |  | 751,014 | 749,155
Cumulative amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets/(Liabilities) |  | (33,274) | (34,813)
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 13,907 | 21,422
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 10,635 | 10,928
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 38,096 | 7,330
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 47,251 | 46,509
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 235,802 | 158,879
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 42,688 | 68,352
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 1,390 | 0
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 12,426 | 6,625
Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 4,413 | 2,793
Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 4,361 | 9,945
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 2,369 | 2,933
Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 2,762 | 1,139
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 38,562 | 51,265
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 22,061 | 13,137
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 31,235 | 38,488
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 15,180 | 13,411
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 303 | 798
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 4,830 | 7,886
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 5,320 | 6,043
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | $ 184 | $ 813
[1] | Accounting Standard Codification 815-20 “Derivatives and Hedging.”

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