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Maintenance Rights Intangible And Lease Premium, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Movements In Maintenance Rights Intangible | Movements in maintenance rights intangible during the year s ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Maintenance rights intangible, net at beginning of period | $ | 3,812,259 |  | $ | —
ILFC Transaction |  | — |  |  | 3,975,286
EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense |  | (348,366) |  |  | (54,507)
MR contract maintenance rights write off due to maintenance liability release |  | (161,839) |  |  | (48,729)
EOL contract maintenance rights write off due to cash receipt |  | (118,438) |  |  | (27,570)
EOL and MR contract intangible write off due to sale of aircraft |  | (115,298) |  |  | —
Transfer to lease incentives |  | — |  |  | (32,221)
Maintenance rights intangible, net at end of period | $ | 3,068,318 |  | $ | 3,812,259
Maintenance Rights Intangible And Lease Premium, Net [Member] |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Maintenance Rights Intangible And Lease Premiums | Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium consisted of the following as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| As of December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Maintenance rights intangible | $ | 3,068,318 |  | $ | 3,812,259
Lease premium |  | 70,727 |  |  | 93,767
| $ | 3,139,045 |  | $ | 3,906,026
Lease Premium [Member] |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Maintenance Rights Intangible And Lease Premiums | The following tables present details of lease premium and related accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| As of December 31, 2015
| Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount
Lease premium | $ | 107,140 |  | $ | (36,413) |  | $ | 70,727
| As of December 31, 2014
| Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount
Lease premium | $ | 119,763 |  | $ | (25,996) |  | $ | 93,767
Schedule Of Future Amortization Of The Intangible Assets | As of December 31, 2015, the estimated future amortization expense for lease premium was as follows:
| Estimated amortization expense
2016 | $ | 19,835
2017 |  | 13,632
2018 |  | 11,219
2019 |  | 10,466
2020 |  | 7,727
Thereafter |  | 7,848
| $ | 70,727

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