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Asset impairment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |
Schedule of asset impairment | Asset impairment consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Flight equipment held for operating leases (Note 5) | $ | 69,383 |  |  | $ | 39,318 |  |  | $ | 54,331 |
Flight equipment held for sale | 766 |  |  | 4,868 |  |  | 6,955 |
| $ | 70,149 |  |  | $ | 44,186 |  |  | $ | 61,286 |

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