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LEASES

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LEASES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases
LEASES
The Company leases land, hangars, buildings, fuel tanks and tower sites under operating lease agreements. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception, and many of these leases offer an option for renewal or extension. The adoption of ASC 842 allows the Company to retain its current classification of leases, and the optional practical expedience rule has allowed the use of the current-period adjustment method to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the current period rather than the restatement of prior year lease amounts. The majority of the bases from which the Company operates are leased, with current remaining terms between one and fifty-nine years. The lease expense on those contracts with initial terms of twelve months or less are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and are not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company does not currently maintain any finance leases and has only operating lease agreements.
The Company’s maturity analysis of lease payments under operating leases that have a remaining term in excess of one year as of March 31, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Minimum Payments
2020
 
$
1,657

2021
 
1,715

2022
 
1,234

2023
 
1,186

2024
 
987

Years subsequent to 2024
 
8,498

Total future minimum lease payments
 
15,277

Less: imputed interest
 
6,452

Present value of lease liabilities
 
$
8,825


During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $1.0 million and $0.9 million of operating lease expense, respectively. Included in these amounts was $0.4 million and $0.3 million for contracts with remaining terms of less than one year for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to these leases as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
March 31,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
Operating lease right-of-use asset
 
$
8,672

 
$
9,468

Other current liabilities
 
$
1,722

 
$
1,773

Long-term lease liabilities
 
7,103

 
7,815

Total operating lease liabilities
 
$
8,825


$
9,588


Other information related to these leases as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
Weighted average remaining lease term
 
17 years

 
16 years

Weighted average discount rate
 
6.15
%
 
6.11
%

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities was $0.6 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The Company generates revenues as a lessor from its dry-leasing line of service that require a fixed monthly fee for the customer’s right to use the helicopter and, where applicable, additional charges as compensation for any support the Company may provide to the customer. Revenues from dry-leasing contracts are shown on the face of the statement of operations.
In 2018, the Company disposed of six H225 heavy helicopters through sales-type leases. In 2019, the Company completed the final sale of two of these helicopters and received cash proceeds of $5.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized $0.3 million of interest income on the remaining leases. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had remaining receivables of $13.4 million, all of which is due in 2020. These amounts are included in other receivables on the consolidated balance sheet.