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LEASES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block] | The weighted average IBR and weighted average remaining lease term (in years) for all asset classes were as follows at September 30, 2019:
| Weighted Average IBR |  | Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term
Aircraft | 4.1 | % |  | 6.7
CPA aircraft | 4.3 | % |  | 9.5
Airports and terminal facilities | 4.1 | % |  | 10.2
Corporate real estate and other | 4.3 | % |  | 36.4
The impact of leases, including variable lease cost, on earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was as follows (in millions):
| Classification | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Expense |  |  |  |
Aircraft | Aircraft rent | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 186 |
CPA aircraft | Aircraft rent | 20 |  |  | 61 |
Airport and terminal facilities | Landing fees and other rentals | 87 |  |  | 233 |
Corporate real estate and other | Landing fees and other rentals | 5 |  |  | 14 |
Total lease expense |  | $ | 174 |  |  | $ | 494 |
Revenue |  |  |  |
Lease income | Cargo and other revenues | (3 | ) |  | (9 | )
Net lease impact |  | $ | 171 |  |  | $ | 485 |
Schedule of Lease, Supplemental Cash Flows [Table Text Block] | Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Cash paid for capitalized operating leases | $ | 259 |
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations | $ | 47 |
Schedule of Lease Assets [Table Text Block] | At September 30, 2019, the Operating lease assets balance by asset class was as follows (in millions):
| Operating lease assets
Aircraft | $ | 974 |
CPA aircraft | 609 |
Airport and terminal facilities | 18 |
Corporate real estate and other | 46 |
Total Operating lease assets | $ | 1,647 |
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of September 30, 2019 (in millions):
| Aircraft |  | CPA Aircraft |  | Airport and Terminal Facilities |  | Corporate Real Estate & Other
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 63 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 2 |
2020 | 234 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 7 |
2021 | 196 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6 |
2022 | 171 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
2023 | 116 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Thereafter | 330 |  |  | 408 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 77 |
Total lease payments | $ | 1,110 |  |  | $ | 744 |  |  | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 100 |
Less: Imputed interest | (140 | ) |  | (135 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (54 | )
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 970 |  |  | $ | 609 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 46 |

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