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Flight equipment held for operating leases, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Lessor Asset under Operating Lease [Abstract] |
Schedule of Lessor, Operating Lease, Carrying Value of Assets Subject to Leases | Movements in flight equipment held for operating leases during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024
Net book value at beginning of period | $ | 58,575,672 |  |  | $ | 57,091,166 |
Additions | 5,431,413 |  |  | 6,550,861 |
Depreciation | (2,613,483) |  |  | (2,548,219) |
Disposals and transfers to held for sale | (2,838,130) |  |  | (2,210,815) |
Transfers to/from investment in finance leases, net/inventory | (658,314) |  |  | (284,463) |
Recoveries related to Ukraine Conflict (Note 25) | — |  |  | 26,909 |
Impairments (Note 26) | (100,838) |  |  | (49,766) |
Net book value at end of period | $ | 57,796,320 |  |  | $ | 58,575,672 |
Accumulated depreciation and impairment as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively: | $ | (16,122,764) |  |  | $ | (15,398,485) |

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