Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The following table summarizes the Company’s property and equipment at December 31 of the following years:

	2018			2017
	(Thousands of dollars)
Flight equipment	$	1,227,341		$	1,225,205
Facility & improvements	67,784			64,316
Operating equipment	30,832			29,913
Data processing equipment	35,889			34,747
Vehicles	3,798			8,202
Medical equipment	8,710			8,354
Other	6,056			6,523
	1,380,410			1,377,260
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(477,925		)	(430,495		)
Property and equipment, net	$	902,485		$	946,765

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $56.8 million in 2018, $50.6 million in 2017, and $49.2 million in 2016. These amounts are reported as Direct expenses and Selling, general, and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations included elsewhere herein.