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Investment in finance leases, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Flight Equipment, Net [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of net investment in finance and sales-type leases | Components of investment in finance leases, net as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2021 (a) |  | 2020
Future minimum lease payments to be received, net | $ | 1,275,379 |  |  | $ | 608,950 |
Estimated residual values of leased flight equipment | 1,131,419 |  |  | 589,872 |
Less: Unearned income | (406,286) |  |  | (260,708) |
Less: Allowance for credit losses (Note 26) | (71,292) |  |  | (59,663) |
| $ | 1,929,220 |  |  | $ | 878,451 |
(a) $1.2 billion was acquired on the Closing Date as part of the GECAS Transaction. Refer to Note 4—GECAS Transaction.
Schedule of future minimum lease payments to be received on finance and sales-type leases | As of December 31, 2021, the cash flows receivable, including the estimated residual value at lease termination, from finance, sales-type and leveraged leases were as follows:
| Cash flows receivable
2022 | $ | 479,965 |
2023 | 616,314 |
2024 | 367,030 |
2025 | 246,283 |
2026 | 244,850 |
Thereafter | 452,356 |
Undiscounted cash flows receivable | $ | 2,406,798 |
Less: Unearned income | (406,286) |
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (71,292) |
| $ | 1,929,220 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of maturity of undiscounted cash flows to be received on annual basis for sales-type and direct financing leases receivable. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation to lease receivable recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919391-209981 + Details
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