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Asset impairment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |
Schedule of asset impairment | Asset impairment consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Flight equipment held for operating leases (Note 6) | $ | 128,409 |  |  | $ | 986,559 |  |  | $ | 69,383 |
Goodwill | — |  |  | 58,094 |  |  | — |
Flight equipment held for sale | — |  |  | 5,483 |  |  | 766 |
Maintenance rights and other | — |  |  | 36,847 |  |  | — |
| $ | 128,409 |  |  | $ | 1,086,983 |  |  | $ | 70,149 |

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