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Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Schedule of movements in maintenance rights intangible

Movements in maintenance rights intangible during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017				2016
Maintenance rights intangible at beginning of period	$	2,117,034			$	3,068,318
EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense	(355,845		)		(381,637		)
MR contract maintenance rights write-off due to maintenance liability release	(77,494		)		(173,971		)
EOL contract maintenance rights write-off due to cash receipt	(106,433		)		(96,503		)
EOL and MR contract intangible write-off due to sale of aircraft	(112,663		)		(284,411		)
Transfer to other assets	—				(17,162		)
Additions due to aircraft acquisitions	—				2,400
Maintenance rights intangible at end of period	$	1,464,599			$	2,117,034

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, 2017 and 2016:

	As of December 31,
	2017				2016
Maintenance rights intangible	$	1,464,599			$	2,117,034
Lease premium, net	37,259				50,891
	$	1,501,858			$	2,167,925

Lease Premiums [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, 2017 and 2016:

	As of December 31, 2017
	Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization				Net carrying amount
Lease premium	$	77,977			$	(40,718	)		$	37,259

	As of December 31, 2016
	Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization				Net carrying amount
Lease premium	$	94,959			$	(44,068	)		$	50,891

Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets

As of December 31, 2017, the estimated future amortization expense for lease premium was as follows:

	Estimated amortization expense
2018	$	11,219
2019	10,466
2020	7,727
2021	5,394
2022	914
Thereafter	1,539
	$	37,259

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