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Summary of significant accounting policies (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) segment
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Minimum aircraft age threshold for performance of impairment assessments | 5 years
Minimum period for consideration as excess inventory | 4 years
Carrying value of engine and airframe parts considered excess inventory | $ | $ 0
Number of operating segments | 1
Number of reportable segments | 1
Flight Equipment [Member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life of asset, years | 25 years
Percentage of estimates for residual values of original manufacture cost | 15.00%

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Gross amount of components of assembled products that can be sold directly or indirectly through sales of assembled products. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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