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Aircraft Under Management (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Aircraft Under Management (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) entity aircraft joint_venture aircraft_management_platform	Oct. 30, 2024 aircraft	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2023 aircraft
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircraft managed	64
Number of aircraft management platforms \| aircraft_management_platform	3
Number of aircrafts managed by financial institution	1
Percentage of non-controlling interest ownership, number of entities \| entity	2
Blackbird Capital I and Blackbird Capital II
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircraft managed	32
Number of joint ventures participated \| joint_venture	2
Percentage of equity ownership	9.50%
Equity method investment \| $	$ 71.4		$ 69.4
Thunderbolt Platform
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircraft managed	31
Number of entities which aircraft is managed \| entity	3
Investment in aircraft sold \| $	$ 8.8		$ 8.8
Thunderbolt II and Thunderbolt III
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of noncontrolling interest	5.00%
Thunderbolt I \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircrafts sold				13
Thunderbolt I \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircrafts sold	12
Thunderbolt I \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsequent Event
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of aircrafts sold		13