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Financial instruments and risk management - Jet fuel price risk (Details) gal in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) gal
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | $ 56,695
Jet fuel |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Percentage of operating expenses | 46.00% | 34.00% | 27.00%
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | $ 1,488
Fuel cost |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | 38,122
Fuel cost | Jet fuel |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | 931
Finance cost |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | 18,573
Finance cost | Jet fuel |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  |  | $ 557
Jet fuel Asian call options contracts |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Notional volume (in gallons) |  |  | 23,967
Jet fuel Asian call options contracts | Finance cost | Jet fuel |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Intrinsic value recycled to the fuel cost |  | $ 619 |
Jet fuel Zero-Cost collars |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Notional volume (in gallons) | gal |  |  | 81,646
Unwind of Zero cost collar |  |  | $ 1,984

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