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Related Party (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | The payments with related parties for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands) were as follows:
| Three months ended March 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
Payments for parts and services | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 136 |
Terminal lease payments | — |  |  | 247 |
| $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 383 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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