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Post-retirement benefit plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Schedule of pension plan participants | The following table presents the total pension plan participants:
| As of December 31, 2021
Actives | 88
Frozen actives | 1
Deferreds | 93
Pensioners | 38
Number of participants at end of period | 220
Schedule of pension plan benefit |
| Year Ended December 31, 2021
Service cost for benefits earned | $ | 1,258 |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost on benefit obligations | 352 |  |  |  |  |
Expected return on plan assets | (856) |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment gain (a) | (7,951) |  |  |  |  |
Pension plan cost (benefit) | $ | (7,197) |  |  |  |  |
(a)A number of exits from active status took place during the period which resulted in a curtailment gain as a result of a reduction in PBO.
Schedule of assumptions used to measure pension benefit obligations and pension costs | The actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2021 used to measure the year-end benefit obligations and pension cost are described in the following tables: Assumptions used to measure pension benefit obligations and costs:
| Year Ended December 31, 2021
Weighted average |
Compensation increases | 3.95 | %
Expected return on plan assets | 3.70 | %
Discount rate | 1.30 | %
Schedule of net funded status | Funded status:
| As of December 31, 2021
Projected benefit obligations | $ | (188,697) |
Fair value of plan assets | 140,152 |
Defined benefit obligation | $ | (48,545) |
| Year Ended December 31, 2021
Funded status at beginning of period | $ | — |
GECAS Transaction | (64,801) |
Net periodic pension income | 7,197 |
Changes in funded status recognized in other comprehensive income | 5,855 |
Company contributions during the period | 1,981 |
Exchange rate adjustment | 1,223 |
Funded status at end of period | $ | (48,545) |
Schedule of of projected benefit obligations | Projected benefit obligation:
| As of December 31, 2021
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of period | $ | — |
GECAS Transaction | 206,660 |
Service cost for benefits earned | 1,258 |
Interest cost on benefit obligations | 352 |
Benefits paid | (318) |
Exchange rate adjustment | (3,515) |
Actuarial gain | (7,789) |
Curtailment gain (a) | (7,951) |
Projected benefit obligation at end of period | $ | 188,697 |
(a)A number of exits from active status took place during the period which resulted in a curtailment gain as a result of a reduction in PBO.
Schedule of allocation of plan assets | The fair value of the pension plan’s investments is presented below, by class:
| As of December 31, 2021
Debt securities | $ | 47,074 |
Equity securities | 21,352 |
Other | 71,726 |
Total plan assets | $ | 140,152 |
Asset allocation:
| As of December 31, 2021
| Target allocation |  | Actual allocation
Debt securities | 35 | % |  | 34 | %
Equity securities | 15 | % |  | 15 | %
Other | 50 | % |  | 51 | %
Schedule of changes in fair value of plan assets | Fair value of plan assets:
| As of December 31, 2021
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period | $ | — |
GECAS Transaction | 141,859 |
Employer contributions | 1,981 |
Benefits paid | (318) |
Actual return on plan assets | (1,077) |
Exchange rate adjustment | (2,293) |
Fair value of plan assets at end of period | $ | 140,152 |
Schedule of expected future benefit payments |
| 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2026 |  | 2027-2031
Estimated future benefit payments | $ | 1,474 |  |  | $ | 1,554 |  |  | $ | 1,674 |  |  | $ | 1,736 |  |  | $ | 1,917 |  |  | $ | 14,113 |

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