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Lease Rental Revenues and Flight Equipment Held for Lease (Details 3) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Aircraft	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Aircraft	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Book Value \| $	$ 7,375,018	$ 6,935,585
A-320-200 [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Offlease Aircraft with Future Lease Commitments	1	10
A-330-200 [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Offlease Aircraft with Future Lease Commitments	1	1
B-737-800 [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Offlease Aircraft with Future Lease Commitments		1
Number of Offlease Aircraft Marketed for Lease	1
INDIA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Book Value \| $	$ 924,190	$ 865,046
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	278	248
Percentage of geographic concentration	100.00%	100.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| Asia and Pacific
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	94	78
Percentage of geographic concentration	38.00%	36.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| Europe
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	99	87
Percentage of geographic concentration	26.00%	27.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| Middle East and Africa
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	16	17
Percentage of geographic concentration	7.00%	8.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| North America
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	40	35
Percentage of geographic concentration	13.00%	10.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| South America
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	26	16
Percentage of geographic concentration	15.00%	10.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Leased Assets \| Off-lease
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Number of Aircraft	3	15
Percentage of geographic concentration	1.00%	9.00%
Maintenance revenue
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer \| $	$ 74,987	$ 105,738	$ 56,128
Maintenance revenue \| INDIA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer \| $	$ 14,915