Note B - Goodwill, Intangibles and Equity Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Equity Investments [Text Block]

NOTE B—GOODWILL, INTANGIBLES AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS

The carrying amounts of goodwill by reportable segment are as follows (in thousands):

	CAM		ACMI Services		All Other		Total
Carrying value as of December 31, 2023	$	153,290	$	234,571	$	8,113	$	395,974
Carrying value as of March 31, 2024	$	153,290	$	234,571	$	8,113	$	395,974

The Company's acquired intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

	Airline		Amortizing
	Certificates		Intangibles			Total
Carrying value as of December 31, 2023	$	9,000	$	77,453		$	86,453
Amortization		—		(2,553	)		(2,553	)
Carrying value as of March 31, 2024	$	9,000	$	74,900		$	83,900

The airline certificates have an indefinite life and therefore are not amortized.  The Company amortizes finite-lived intangible assets, including customer relationship and Supplemental Type Certificates ("STC") intangibles, over 2 to 15 remaining years.

Stock warrants issued to Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) (see Note C) as an incentive for a subsidiary of Amazon to lease aircraft from the Company are recorded as a lease incentive asset using their fair value at the time that the lessee has met its performance obligations and amortized against revenues over the duration of related aircraft leases. The Company's lease incentive granted to the lessee was as follows (in thousands):

	Lease
	Incentive
Carrying value as of December 31, 2023	$	60,961
Amortization		(3,912	)
Carrying value as of March 31, 2024	$	57,049

The Company has a 49% ownership in a joint-venture agreement with Precision Aircraft Solutions, LLC, to develop a passenger-to-freighter conversion program for Airbus A321-200 aircraft. In April 2022, the Company acquired a 40% ownership interest in the joint-venture company GA Telesis Engine Services, LLC to provide engine tear-down services to harvest and sell engine parts. The Company accounts for its investment in these joint ventures under the equity method of accounting, in which the carrying value of each investment is reduced for the Company's share of the non-consolidated affiliates' operating results.

The carrying value of the joint ventures totaled $32.4 million and $22.7 million at  March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and are reflected in “Other Assets” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company monitors its investments in affiliates for indicators of other-than-temporary declines in value on an ongoing basis in accordance with GAAP. If the Company determines that an other-than-temporary decline in value has occurred, it recognizes an impairment loss, which is measured as the difference between the recorded carrying value and the fair value of the investment. The fair value is generally determined using an income approach based on discounted cash flows or using negotiated transaction values.