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Maintenance Rights Intangible And Lease Premium, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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, 2016 and 2015 were as follows: ﻿
﻿ |  |  |  |  |
﻿ | Year Ended December 31,
﻿ | 2016 |  | 2015
﻿Maintenance rights intangible at beginning of period | $ | 3,068,318 |  | $ | 3,812,259
﻿EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense |  | (381,637) |  |  | (348,366)
﻿MR contract maintenance rights write off due to maintenance liability release |  | (173,971) |  |  | (161,839)
﻿EOL contract maintenance rights write off due to cash receipt |  | (96,503) |  |  | (118,438)
﻿EOL and MR contract intangible write off due to sale of aircraft |  | (284,411) |  |  | (115,298)
﻿Transfer to other assets |  | (17,162) |  |  | —
﻿Additions due to aircraft acquisitions |  | 2,400 |  |  | —
﻿Maintenance rights intangible at end of period | $ | 2,117,034 |  | $ | 3,068,318
﻿
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, 2016 and 2015: ﻿ ﻿
﻿ |  |  |  |  |
﻿ | As of December 31,
﻿ | 2016 |  | 2015
﻿Maintenance rights intangible | $ | 2,117,034 |  | $ | 3,068,318
﻿Lease premium, net |  | 50,891 |  |  | 70,727
﻿ | $ | 2,167,925 |  | $ | 3,139,045
﻿
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, 2016 and 2015: ﻿
﻿ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ | As of December 31, 2016
﻿ | Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount
﻿Lease premium | $ | 94,959 |  | $ | (44,068) |  | $ | 50,891
﻿ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ | As of December 31, 2015
﻿ | Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount
﻿Lease premium | $ | 107,140 |  | $ | (36,413) |  | $ | 70,727
﻿
Schedule Of Future Amortization Of The Intangible Assets | As of December 31, 2016, the estimated future amortization expense for lease premium was as follows: ﻿ ﻿
﻿ |  |
﻿ | Estimated amortization expense
﻿2017 | $ | 13,633
﻿2018 |  | 11,219
﻿2019 |  | 10,466
﻿2020 |  | 7,727
﻿2021 |  | 5,394
﻿Thereafter |  | 2,452
﻿ | $ | 50,891
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