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Investment in finance and sales-type leases, net (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Flight Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Sales-type and direct financing leases, impairment charge		$ 22.0
Sales-type and financing leases, interest income	$ 54.1	$ 60.0

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Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Impairment Loss

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Amount of interest income from net investment in sales-type and direct financing leases.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121576215&loc=SL77919372-209981

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