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Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | $ 82,499 | $ 108,539
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 156,771 | 259,705
Designated as Hedging Instrument |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 79,474 | 107,705
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 154,464 | 240,573
Notional Disclosures |  |  |
Carrying Amount of the Hedged Liabilities |  | 661,031 | 700,331
Cumulative amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Liabilities |  | 12,514 | 17,512
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 3,025 | 834
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 2,307 | 19,132
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 12,433 | 17,271
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 75 | 261
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 0 | 0
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 101,306 | 144,653
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 3,831 | 20,836
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 18,132 | 63,894
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 49,408 | 13,294
Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 632 | 7,306
Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 0 | 0
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 0 | 160
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 9,459 | 350
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives | [1] | 35,544 | 5,093
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 1,008 | 25,203
Fuel swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives | [1] | 2,110 | 50,117
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other assets |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 546 | 0
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Derivative financial instruments |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |
Asset Derivatives |  | 2,479 | 834
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | 2,307 | 18,028
Fuel swaps | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other long-term liabilities |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |
Liability Derivatives |  | $ 0 | $ 944
[1] | Accounting Standard Codification 815-20 “Derivatives and Hedging.”

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