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Rotable spare parts, furniture and equipment, net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Rotable Spare Parts Furniture And Equipment Net  
Rotable spare parts, furniture and equipment, net

12. Rotable spare parts, furniture and equipment, net

 

                                                      
   Gross value  Accumulated depreciation  Net carrying value
   At December 31, 2025  At December 31, 2024  At December 31, 2025  At December 31, 2024  At December 31, 2025  At December 31, 2024
Leasehold improvements to flight equipment   US$   595,816    US$   728,201    US$   (414,190)   US$   (482,233)   US$   181,626    US$   245,968 
Pre-delivery payments (1)       316,425        484,590        —          —          316,425        484,590 
Flight equipment       539,141        408,830        (115,474)       (89,750)       423,667        319,080 
Construction and improvements in process       17,044        14,242        —          —          17,044        14,242 
Constructions and improvements       11,150        9,154        (8,684)       (7,839)       2,466        1,315 
Office furniture and equipment       4,165        3,621        (2,494)       (2,428)       1,671        1,193 
Workshop machinery and equipment       3,219        2,671        (1,075)       (822)       2,144        1,849 
Motorized transport equipment platform       1,898        1,600        (960)       (681)       938        919 
Computer equipment       1,008        1,186        (830)       (1,130)       178        56 
Communications equipment       1,092        798        (362)       (489)       730        309 
Electric power equipment       1,006        781        (434)       (409)       572        372 
Workshop tools       1,187        660        (711)       (559)       476        101 
Service carts on board       890        542        (543)       (466)       347        76 
Total   US$   1,494,041    US$   1,656,876    US$   (545,757)   US$   (586,806)   US$   948,284    US$   1,070,070 

 

 

                                                                                                                                       
   Flight equipment  Constructions and improvements  Computer equipment  Office furniture and equipment  Electric power equipment  WorkshopTools  Motorized transport equipment platform  Communications equipment  Workshop machinery and equipment  Service carts on board  Allowance for obsolescence  Pre-delivery payments  Construction and improvements in process  Leasehold improvements to flight equipment  Total
Net balance as of December 31, 2023   US$   135,039    US$   1,492    US$   85    US$   1,331    US$   185    US$   182    US$   139    US$   255    US$   1,036    US$   126    US$   —      US$   389,380    US$   27,135    US$   248,225    US$   804,610 
Additions       207,075        —          2        7        251        —          985        —          964        —          —          235,287        11,183        129,354        585,108 
Disposals and transfers       (367)       —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (159,993)       (3,938)       —          (164,298)
Borrowing costs, net (1)       —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          19,916        —          —          19,916 
Other movements       —          352        8        130        —          —          1        100        49        —          —          —          (20,138)       19,498        —   
Depreciation       (22,667)       (529)       (39)       (275)       (64)       (81)       (206)       (46)       (200)       (50)       —          —          —          (151,109)       (175,266)
As of December 31, 2024       319,080        1,315        56        1,193        372        101        919        309        1,849        76        —          484,590        14,242        245,968        1,070,070 
Cost       408,830        9,154        1,186        3,621        781        660        1,600        798        2,671        542        —          484,590        14,242        728,201        1,656,876 
Accumulated depreciation       (89,750)       (7,839)       (1,130)       (2,428)       (409)       (559)       (681)       (489)       (822)       (466)       —          —          —          (482,233)       (586,806)
Net balance as of December 31, 2024       319,080        1,315        56        1,193        372        101        919        309        1,849        76        —          484,590        14,242        245,968        1,070,070 
Additions       144,875        —          77        91        72        435        —          117        269        —          —          40,099        14,366        90,860        291,261 
Disposals and transfers       (4,188)       —          (5)       (18)       (8)       —          —          (7)       (3)       —          —          (195,982)       (4,352)       —          (204,563)
Borrowing costs, net (1)       —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (12,282)       —          —          (12,282)
Other movements       —          1,995        92        698        209        95        346        388        307        348        —          —          (7,212)       2,734        —   
Depreciation       (36,100)       (844)       (42)       (293)       (73)       (155)       (327)       (77)       (278)       (77)       —          —          —          (157,936)       (196,202)
As of December 31, 2025       423,667        2,466        178        1,671        572        476        938        730        2,144        347        —          316,425        17,044        181,626        948,284 
Cost       539,141        11,150        1,008        4,165        1,006        1,187        1,898        1,092        3,219        890        —          316,425        17,044        595,816        1,494,041 
Accumulated depreciation       (115,474)       (8,684)       (830)       (2,494)       (434)       (711)       (960)       (362)       (1,075)       (543)       —          —          —          (414,190)       (545,757)
Net balance as of December 31, 2025   US$   423,667    US$   2,466    US$   178    US$   1,671    US$   572    US$   476    US$   938    US$   730    US$   2,144    US$   347    US$   —      US$   316,425    US$   17,044    US$   181,626    US$   948,284 
                                                                                                                                        

 

(1)During the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company capitalized borrowing costs of US$22,287 and US$35,107, respectively. The amount of this line is net of disposals of capitalized borrowing costs related to sale and leaseback transactions of US$34,569 and US$15,191, respectively.

 

a) During 2025 and 2024, the Company acquired seven engines (V2500) and 16 engines (11 NEO and five V2500), respectively, (under the terms of the Pratt & Whitney purchase agreement FMP). These acquisitions were accounted for at cost, totaling US$50,158 and US$163,463, respectively. The Company identified the major components separately at their respective cost. These components are classified as flight equipment and depreciated over their useful life.

 

b) During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company capitalized borrowing costs which amounted to US$22,287 and US$35,107, respectively (Note 23). The Company capitalizes the actual borrowing costs of the borrowings directly attributable to the construction of aircraft. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the weighted rate of the direct borrowings used to determine the amount of borrowing costs was 7.73 % and 7.59%, respectively.

 

c) Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 was US$196,202, US$175,266, and US$127,401, respectively. Depreciation expenses for the year are recognized as a component of operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

d) In October 2005 and December 2006, the Company entered into purchase agreements with Airbus and International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) for the purchase of aircraft and engines, respectively. Under such agreements and prior to the delivery of each aircraft and engine, the Company agreed to make pre-delivery payments, which were calculated based on the reference price of each aircraft and engine, and following a formula established for such purpose in the agreements.

 

In 2011, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 44 A320 family aircraft to be delivered from 2015 to 2020. The order included 14 A320CEO (“Current Engine Option Aircraft”) and 30 A320NEO. Additionally, during December 2017, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 80 A320 family aircraft to be delivered from 2022 to 2026. The order includes 46 A320NEO and 34 A321NEO. Under such agreement and prior to the delivery of each aircraft, the Company agreed to make pre-delivery payments, which shall be calculated based on the reference price of each aircraft, and following a formula established for such purpose in the agreement.

 

In November 2018, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus to reschedule the remaining 26 fleet deliveries between 2019 and 2022. Also, in this amendment the Company used its rights on the Airbus Purchase Agreement to convert six A320NEO into A321NEO. In July 2020, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus to reschedule the 80 aircraft deliveries between 2023 and 2028. In October 2020, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus to reschedule the remaining 18 fleet deliveries between 2020 and 2022.

 

In 2021, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 39 A320 family aircraft to be delivered from 2023 to 2029. The order includes only A321NEO aircraft. Under such agreement and prior to the delivery of each aircraft, the Company agreed to make pre-delivery payments, which shall be calculated based on the reference price of each aircraft, and following a formula established for such purpose in the agreement. Also, in this agreement the Company used its rights on the Airbus Purchase Agreement to convert 20 A320NEO into A321NEO.

 

In 2022, the Company amended the agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A320 family aircraft to be delivered in 2030. The order includes only A321NEO aircraft. Under such agreement and prior to the delivery of each aircraft, the Company agreed to make pre-delivery payments, which shall be calculated based on the reference price of each aircraft, and following a formula established for such purpose in the agreement.

On August 16, 2013, the Company entered into certain agreements with IAE and International Aero Engines, LLC (“IAE LLC”) (“P&W”), which included the purchase of the engines for 14 A320CEO and 30 A320NEO respectively, delivered between 2014 and 2022. This agreement also included the purchase of one spare engine for the A320CEO fleet (which was received during the fourth quarter of 2016) and six spare engines for the A320NEO fleet received from 2017 to 2022. In November 2015, the Company amended the agreement with the engine supplier to provide major maintenance services for the engines of 16 aircraft (10 A320NEO and six A321NEO). This agreement also includes the purchase of three spare engines, two of them for the A320NEO fleet, and one for the A321NEO fleet. In April 2021, the Company amended the agreement with the engine supplier to provide major maintenance services for the engines of two aircraft A320NEO.

 

On May 12, 2020, the Company entered into certain agreements with IAE LLC, which included the purchase of the engines for 46 A320NEO and 34 A321NEO respectively, to be delivered between 2022 and 2028. This agreement also included the purchase of 11 firm spare engines for the A320NEO fleet to be received from 2022 to 2029.

 

In October 2021, the Company amended the agreement with the engine supplier to provide major maintenance services for the engines of 13 aircraft A320NEO. This agreement also includes the purchase of one spare engine for the A320NEO fleet. The Company has further amended and restated the agreement with IAE LLC to provide major maintenance services for the engines of 79 aircraft (five A320NEO and 74 A321NEO), as well as the purchase of 21 spare engines for the A320NEO fleet to be delivered from 2024 to 2030.

 

The Company received credit notes from P&W in December 2017 of US$3.1 million, which are being amortized on a straight-line basis, prospectively during the term of the agreement. As of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company amortized a corresponding benefit from these credit notes of US$216, US$216 and US$216, respectively, which is recognized as an offset to maintenance expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the amounts paid for aircraft pre-delivery payments were of US$40,099 and US$235,287, respectively.

 

The current purchase agreement with Airbus requires the Company to accept delivery of 118 Airbus A320 family aircraft during a period of six years (from January 2026 to December 2031). On November 26th, 2024, an agreement was signed with Airbus to reschedule the delivery date for all remaining Aircraft at the time. As of December 31, 2025 this agreement provides the addition of 118 aircraft to its fleet as follows: 12 in 2026, seven in 2027, 19 in 2028, 22 in 2029, 30 in 2030 and 28 to be delivered during 2031. Commitments to acquisitions of property and equipment are disclosed in Note 25.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 the Company entered into aircraft sale and leaseback transactions, resulting in gains of US$29,296, US$32,175 and US$8,275, respectively. These gains were recorded under the caption other operating income in the consolidated statements of operations. These gains represented only the amount of gains that relate to the rights transferred to the buyer-lessor (Note 22).

 

e) During December 2017, the Company entered into an updated total support agreement with Lufthansa for 66 months, with an effective date on July 1, 2018. This agreement includes similar terms and conditions as the original agreement.

 

As part of this agreement, the Company received credit notes of US$5 million in 2022 and US$1.5 million in 2017, which are amortized on a straight-line basis, prospectively during the term of the agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company amortized a corresponding benefit from these credit notes of US$519, US$519 and US$519, respectively, recognized as an offset to maintenance expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not record any impairment loss.