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The maximum cash dividends per common stock amount allowed per debt agreement.

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The number of years the aircraft lease is to be extended as apart of the debt agreement.

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The maximum amount of lease commitment that can be deferred within a debt instrument agreement.

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The number of aircraft lease to be extended as apart of the debt agreement.

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Period of time between current period end and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The minimum amount of the current ratio (denominator amount) the borrower must have at the end of the period set forth in the debt agreement.

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The minimum amount of the current ratio (numerator amount) the borrower must have at the end of the period set forth in the debt agreement.

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The denominator amount of the senior secured leverage ratio the borrower must have at the end of the second period and thereafter set forth in the debt agreement.

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The maximum amount of the senior secured leverage ratio (numerator amount) the borrower must have at the end of the second period and thereafter set forth in the debt agreement.

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The maximum amount of the senior secured leverage ratio (numerator amount) the borrower must have at the end of the first period set forth in the debt agreement.

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The leverage ratio minimum denominator amount to exceed to earn certain additional indebtedness.

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Maximum Additional Debt Amount When Leverage Ratio Is Exceeded

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Number Of Aircraft Financed

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Number of aircraft pledged as collateral.

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The number of consecutive quarters that are under scope when evaluating financial ratios under debt agreement.

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The number of borrowings

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Number of aircraft leased under operating leases with original or remaining terms in excess of one year.

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The percentage of capital stock from domestic subsidiary that is guaranteed if default on loan occurs.

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The percentage of foreign stock from domestic subsidiary that is guaranteed if default on loan occurs.

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The redemption premium rate of the excess of the (1) fair value of consideration transferred to the holders of a security in excess of (2) the carrying amount of the security reported on the registrant's balance sheet, which will be deducted from net earnings to derive net earnings available to common shareholders.

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Total amount of consideration paid including related expenses to repurchase debt.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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