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Asset Impairment (Schedule Of Asset Impairment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Asset Impairment [Abstract] |  |  |
Flight equipment held for operating leases (Note 6) | $ 16,322 | $ 21,828 | $ 25,616
Other assets | 13 |  | 539
Asset impairment | $ 16,335 | $ 21,828 | $ 26,155

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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2420-110228 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3602-108585 + Details
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- Definition This element represents the loss resulting from the amount by which the cost or carrying amount, if different, of an asset subject to an agreement classified as an operating lease, at the inception of a lease involving real estate, exceeds the fair value of the leased property. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 25 -Paragraph 21 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6748888&loc=d3e40601-112709 + Details
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