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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Jul. 26, 2021 Aircraft	Apr. 23, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 24, 2020 $ / shares
Payroll Support Program Grant Extension
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Additional Proceeds Received from Payroll Support Program		$ 13,800
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights \| shares		924
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights \| $ / shares			$ 179.23
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 1,700
Subsequent Event \| Capital Lease Obligations
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lease Agreement, Term	123 months
Subsequent Event \| Airbus A320 Aircraft Series
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capital Leased Assets, Number of Units \| Aircraft	10