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Allowance for credit losses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Credit Loss [Abstract]

Allowance for Credit Losses

Movements in the allowance for credit losses during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

			Year Ended December 31, 2022
			Investment in finance leases						Notes receivable						Loans receivable						Total
Allowance for credit losses at beginning of period			$	71,292					$	40,964					$	5,291					$	117,547
Current period provision for expected credit losses			(11,483)						122,568						(1,393)						109,692
Write-offs charged against the allowance			(36,784)						(52,594)						—						(89,378)
Allowance for credit losses at end of period			$	23,025					$	110,938					$	3,898					$	137,861

			Year Ended December 31, 2021
			Investment in finance leases						Notes receivable						Loans receivable						Total
Allowance for credit losses at beginning of period			$	59,663					$	7,490					$	—					$	67,153
Initial credit provision related to GECAS purchased financial assets with credit deterioration			9,944						—						1,423						11,367
Current period provision for expected credit losses			1,685						78,144						3,868						83,697
Write-offs charged against the allowance			—						(44,670)						—						(44,670)
Allowance for credit losses at end of period			$	71,292					$	40,964					$	5,291					$	117,547

Financing Receivables Grouped by Credit Risk

The tables below present Financing Receivables carried at amortized cost basis, gross of allowance for credit losses, grouped into the three credit risk categories for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Category A is considered an excellent or high-credit-quality airline customer; Category B is considered a good-credit-quality airline customer; and those airline customers in Category C are considered marginal.

			As of December 31, 2022
			Category A						Category B						Category C						Total
			(U.S. Dollars in millions)
Investment in finance leases			$	292					$	486					$	601					$	1,379
Notes receivable			—						18						579						597
Loans receivable			16						329						10						355
Total			$	308					$	833					$	1,190					$	2,331

			As of December 31, 2021
			Category A						Category B						Category C						Total
			(U.S. Dollars in millions)
Investment in finance leases			$	534					$	1,247					$	219					$	2,000
Notes receivable			—						26						632						658
Loans receivable			12						161						236						409
Total			$	546					$	1,434					$	1,087					$	3,067

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Allowance For Credit Loss

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Tabular disclosure of financing receivables by credit quality indicator. The credit quality indicator is a statistic about the credit quality of financing receivables. Examples include, but not limited to, consumer credit risk scores, credit-rating-agency ratings, an entity's internal credit risk grades, loan-to-value ratios, collateral, collection experience and other internal metrics.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919230-210447

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=SL6953659-111524

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