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Geographic Information (Schedule Of Lease Revenue By Segment) (Details)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

USD ($)

country

item

Dec. 31, 2015

USD ($)

country

item

Dec. 31, 2014

USD ($)

country

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Lease revenue

$ 4,867,623

$ 4,991,551

$ 3,449,571

Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Number of lessees | item

0

0

Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

China [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Lease revenue

^[1]

$ 669,859

$ 656,809

$ 427,737

China [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

^[1]

13.80%

13.20%

12.40%

United States Of America [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Lease revenue

$ 535,526

$ 538,686

$ 378,693

United States Of America [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

11.00%

10.80%

11.00%

Ireland [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Lease revenue

$ 117,259

$ 58,571

$ 36,513

Ireland [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

2.40%

1.20%

1.10%

Other Countries [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Lease revenue

^[2]

$ 3,544,979

$ 3,737,485

$ 2,606,628

Other Countries [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Number of individual countries | country

0

0

0

Other Countries [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

^[2]

72.80%

74.80%

75.50%

Minimum [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Total Lease Revenue [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Percentage of lease revenue

10.00%

10.00%

10.00%

[1]	Includes mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
[2]	No individual country within this category accounts for more than 10% of our lease revenue.

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