Gain on Sale of ExpressJet (Details) $ in Thousands			9 Months Ended
Jan. 22, 2019 USD ($) aircraft	Jan. 11, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Gain on sale	$ 46,500		$ 46,525
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.85%
Asset Purchase Agreement \| ExpressJet
Proceeds from sale of equipment		$ 60,800
Stock Purchase Agreement \| ExpressJet
Cash received from stock sale	$ 18,800
Amount loaned to Kair Enterprises, Inc	$ 26,000
Number of aircraft in early lease buyout \| aircraft	16
Lease term (in years)			5 years

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Amount loaned to facilitate payment of the purchase price for sale of stock.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Cash received from sales of long-lived depreciable flight assets, including owned aircraft or capital improvements.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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