Leases - Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Finance and Operating Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Finance Leases
2023	$ 465
2024	215
2025	117
2026	39
2027	0
2028 and thereafter	0
Total minimum lease payments	836
Less amount representing interest	33
Present value of minimum lease payments	803
Less current portion	444
Long-term portion	359
Operating Leases
Less current portion	188,296	$ 158,631
Long-term portion	2,455,619	$ 1,751,351
Total Operating and Finance Lease Obligations
2023	345,621
2024	331,089
2025	314,513
2026	288,042
2027	271,460
2028 and thereafter	2,594,604
Total minimum lease payments	4,145,329
Less amount representing interest	1,500,611
Present value of minimum lease payments	2,644,718
Less current portion	188,740
Finance And Operating Leases, Liability, Noncurrent	$ 2,455,978
Finance Lease, Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Long-Term Debt and Lease Obligation, Including Current Maturities
Finance Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Current maturities of long-term debt, net, and finance leases
Finance Lease, Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Long-term debt and finance leases, less current maturities
Aircraft and Spare Engine Leases
Operating Leases
2023	$ 338,203
2024	326,117
2025	311,229
2026	284,915
2027	269,206
2028 and thereafter	2,453,370
Total minimum lease payments	3,983,040
Less amount representing interest	1,367,174
Present value of minimum lease payments	2,615,866
Less current portion	182,938
Long-term portion	2,432,928
Property Facility Leases
Operating Leases
2023	6,401
2024	4,619
2025	3,167
2026	3,088
2027	2,254
2028 and thereafter	141,234
Total minimum lease payments	160,763
Less amount representing interest	133,379
Present value of minimum lease payments	27,384
Less current portion	4,831
Long-term portion	22,553
Other
Operating Leases
2023	552
2024	138
2025	0
2026	0
2027	0
2028 and thereafter	0
Total minimum lease payments	690
Less amount representing interest	25
Present value of minimum lease payments	665
Less current portion	527
Long-term portion	$ 138

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