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LEASES - Narratives (Details) | Mar. 31, 2019 aircraft
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Leases [Abstract] |
Number of lease aircrafts (aircraft) | 332
Number of lease aircrafts, finance (aircraft) | 34
Number of lease aircrafts, operating (aircraft) | 12
Number of lease aircrafts, short-term (aircraft) | 286

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