Number of Aircraft Long Term Purchase Rights

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of units of goods that must be purchased within the specified time period of the agreement to avoid penalties or unfavorable effects on pricing, among other adverse consequences.

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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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Amount of the unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in the future for fixed or minimum amounts or quantities of goods or services at fixed or minimum prices (for example, as in take-or-pay contracts or throughput contracts).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 440
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394976&loc=d3e25336-109308

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The minimum number of units that must be purchased, in connection with an unconditional purchase obligation that has not been recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 Aircraft	Feb. 05, 2016 USD ($) Aircraft	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Aircraft
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required \| Aircraft	25
Purchase Obligation \| $			$ 1,347,836
Long Term Purchase Rights \| Aircraft	25
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Minimum Quantity Required \| Aircraft			35
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation \| $			$ 1,347,836
Subsequent Event [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Minimum Quantity Required \| Aircraft		37
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation \| $		$ 1,423,836
Pre-Delivery Payments [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation \| $			$ 142,170