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New spare engines delivery month and year description.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (c)
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The cash inflow from the sale of formerly productive land held for sale, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it, and so forth.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2022 USD ($) Engine	Apr. 30, 2023 Engine	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) Engine	Dec. 31, 2022 Engine	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) Engine	Apr. 03, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Number of spare engines to be sold \| Engine						30
Gross proceeds from sale of asset						$ 88,000,000
Proceeds from sale of property						28,600,000
Number of spare engines sold \| Engine				10
Proceeds from sale of asset						34,400,000
Retirement of debt from sale of productive assets				$ 5,600,000		$ 5,600,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Gross proceeds from sale of asset	$ 11,000,000
Number of spare engines sold \| Engine			6
Retirement of debt from sale of productive assets							$ 11,000,000
Forward Purchase Contract [Member] \| Heart Aerospace Incorporated [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase commitment amount								$ 1,200,000,000.0
Engine Sale Agreement [Member]
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Number of spare engines to be sold \| Engine		30
Gross proceeds from sale of asset		$ 80,000,000.0
Proceeds from sale of property		$ 53,600,000
CF34-8C5 or CF34-8E5 Engines [Member] \| Letter Agreement No. 13-3 [Member]
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Number of new spare engines to be acquired \| Engine						10
New spare engines delivery month and year description						We agreed to purchase and take delivery of ten (10) new CF34-8C5 or CF34-8E5 engines with delivery dates starting from July 1, 2021 through November 1, 2022. The total purchase commitment related to these ten (10) engines is approximately $52.2 million.
Purchase commitment amount				$ 52,200,000		$ 52,200,000
Number of additional spare engines to be acquired beyond 2022 \| Engine						10
Number of new spare engines purchased \| Engine					10
eVTOL Aircraft [Member] \| Forward Purchase Contract [Member] \| Archer Aviation, Inc. [Member]
Purchase Commitment Excluding Longterm Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase commitment amount									$ 200,000,000.0