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Intangibles (Movements in maintenance rights) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Maintenance rights at beginning of period	$ 642,825
Maintenance rights at end of period	3,292,007	$ 642,825
Maintenance Rights
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Maintenance rights at beginning of period	642,825	794,798
EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense	(7,048)	(45,655)
MR contract maintenance rights write-off due to maintenance liability release	(17,260)	(35,897)
EOL contract maintenance rights write-off due to cash receipt	(114,472)	(51,463)
EOL and MR contract maintenance rights write-off due to sale of aircraft and impairment	(2,362)	(18,958)
Maintenance rights at end of period	3,292,007	642,825
Maintenance Rights | GE Capital Aviation Services
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
GECAS Transaction	$ 2,790,324	$ 0

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- Definition

Amount of decrease to assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life for end of lease (EOL) and maintenance reserve (MR) contract intangible write off due to sale of aircraft.

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Amount of decrease to assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life for end of lease (EOL) contract cash receipt.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16265-109275

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