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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

☒    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

OR

☐    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from         to       

Commission file number 001-35121
AIR LEASE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 27-1840403
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N 90067
Los Angeles, California
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 553-0555

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock AL New York Stock Exchange
6.150% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A AL PRA New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☒

At May 4, 2022, there were 110,858,351 shares of Air Lease Corporation’s Class A common stock outstanding.

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Air Lease Corporation and Subsidiaries

Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other publicly available documents may contain or incorporate statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements appear in a number of places in this Form 10-Q and include statements regarding, among other matters, the state of the airline industry, including the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact of sanctions imposed on Russia, our access to the capital markets, the impact of lease deferrals and other accommodations, aircraft delivery delays and other factors affecting our financial condition or results of operations. Words such as “can,” “could,” “may,” “predicts,” “potential,” “will,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and “should,” and variations of these words and similar expressions, are used in many cases to identify these forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results to vary materially from our future results, performance or achievements, or those of our industry, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others:

•    our inability to obtain additional capital on favorable terms, or at all, to acquire aircraft, service our debt obligations and refinance maturing debt obligations;
•    increases in our cost of borrowing or changes in interest rates;
•    our inability to generate sufficient returns on our aircraft investments through strategic acquisition and profitable leasing;
•    the failure of an aircraft or engine manufacturers to meet its delivery obligations to us, including or as a result of technical or other difficulties with aircraft before or after delivery;
•    the extent to which the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the impact of sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and other countries affect our business, including our efforts to pursue insurance claims to recover losses related to aircraft that remain in Russia;
•    the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business;
•    obsolescence of, or changes in overall demand for, our aircraft;
•    changes in the value of, and lease rates for, our aircraft, including as a result of aircraft oversupply, manufacturer production levels, our lessees’ failure to maintain our aircraft, and other factors outside of our control;
•    impaired financial condition and liquidity of our lessees, including due to lessee defaults and reorganizations, bankruptcies or similar proceedings;
•    increased competition from other aircraft lessors;
•    the failure by our lessees to adequately insure our aircraft or fulfill their contractual indemnity obligations to us;
•    increased tariffs and other restrictions on trade;
•    changes in the regulatory environment, including changes in tax laws and environmental regulations;
•    other events affecting our business or the business of our lessees and aircraft manufacturers or their suppliers that are beyond our or their control, such as the threat or realization of epidemic diseases, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war or armed hostilities between countries or non-state actors; and
•    any additional factors discussed under “Part I — Item 1A. Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, “Part II — Item 1A. Risk Factors,” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and other SEC filings, including future SEC filings.

All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from expectations. You are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we do not intend and undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking information to reflect actual results or events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Air Lease Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and par value amounts)

March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
(unaudited)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,490,765  $ 1,086,500 
Restricted cash 21,291  21,792 
Flight equipment subject to operating leases 26,552,246  27,101,808 
Less accumulated depreciation (4,267,934) (4,202,804)
22,284,312  22,899,004 
Deposits on flight equipment purchases 1,626,874  1,508,892 
Other assets 1,451,607  1,452,534 
Total assets $ 26,874,849  $ 26,968,722 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Accrued interest and other payables $ 544,280  $ 611,757 
Debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs 17,824,725  17,022,480 
Security deposits and maintenance reserves on flight equipment leases 1,120,234  1,173,831 
Rentals received in advance 135,642  138,816 
Deferred tax liability 880,383  1,013,270 
Total liabilities $ 20,505,264  $ 19,960,154 
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 10,600,000 (aggregate liquidation preference of $850,000) shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
 $ 106  $ 106 
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 111,317,259 and 113,987,154 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
 1,113  1,140 
Class B non-voting common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding
 —  — 
Paid-in capital 3,259,105  3,399,245 
Retained earnings 3,109,331  3,609,885 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (70) (1,808)
Total shareholders’ equity $ 6,369,585  $ 7,008,568 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 26,874,849  $ 26,968,722 

(See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)

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Air Lease Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)


Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Revenues
Rental of flight equipment $ 566,554  $ 468,095 
Aircraft sales, trading and other 30,107  6,732 
Total revenues 596,661  474,827 
Expenses
Interest 117,277  117,986 
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 13,198  12,025 
Interest expense 130,475  130,011 
Depreciation of flight equipment 235,308  208,965 
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352  — 
Selling, general and administrative 32,762  26,914 
Stock-based compensation (2,523) 5,408 
Total expenses 1,198,374  371,298 
(Loss)/income before taxes (601,713) 103,529 
Income tax benefit/(expense) 132,720  (19,437)
Net (loss)/income $ (468,993) $ 84,092 
Preferred stock dividends (10,425) (3,844)
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders $ (479,418) $ 80,248 
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment (3,019) (3,807)
Change in fair value of hedged transactions 5,230  2,221 
Total tax (expense)/benefit on other comprehensive income/loss (473) 339 
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 1,738  (1,247)
Total comprehensive (loss)/income attributable for common stockholders $ (477,680) $ 79,001 
(Loss)/Earnings per share of common stock:
Basic $ (4.21) $ 0.70 
Diluted $ (4.21) $ 0.70 
Weighted-average shares outstanding
Basic 113,894,867  113,958,403 
Diluted 113,894,867  114,237,109 
Dividends declared per share of common stock $ 0.185  $ 0.16 

(See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)

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Air Lease Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Preferred Stock  Class A
Common Stock		  Class B Non-Voting
Common Stock		 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income/(Loss)
(unaudited) Shares Amount  Shares Amount  Shares Amount Paid-in
Capital		 Retained
Earnings		 Total
Balance at December 31, 2021 10,600,000  $ 106  113,987,154  $ 1,140  —  $ —  $ 3,399,245  $ 3,609,885  $ (1,808) $ 7,008,568 
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units —  —  477,656  5  —  —  (3) —  —  2 
Common stock repurchased —  —  (2,959,458) (30) —  —  (129,519) —  —  (129,549)
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  (2,523) —  —  (2,523)
Cash dividends (declared $0.185 per share of Class A common stock)
 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (21,136) —  (21,136)
Cash dividends (declared on preferred stock) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (10,425) —  (10,425)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment and in fair value of hedged transactions, net of tax —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  1,738  1,738 
Tax withholdings on stock based compensation —  —  (188,093) (2) —  —  (8,095) —  —  (8,097)
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (468,993) —  (468,993)
Balance at March 31, 2022 10,600,000  $ 106  111,317,259  $ 1,113  —  $ —  $ 3,259,105  $ 3,109,331  $ (70) $ 6,369,585 
Preferred Stock  Class A
Common Stock		  Class B Non-Voting
Common Stock		 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income/(Loss)
(unaudited) Shares Amount  Shares Amount  Shares Amount Paid-in
Capital		 Retained
Earnings		 Total
Balance at December 31, 2020 10,000,000  $ 100  113,852,896  $ 1,139  —  $ —  $ 2,793,178  $ 3,277,599  $ 325  $ 6,072,341 
Issuance of preferred stock 300,000  3  —  —  —  —  295,446  —  —  295,449 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options and vesting of restricted stock units —  —  425,232  4  —  —  1,437  —  —  1,441 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  5,408  —  —  5,408 
Cash dividends (declared $0.16 per share of Class A common stock)
 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (18,259) —  (18,259)
Cash dividends (declared on preferred stock) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (3,844) —  (3,844)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment and in fair value of hedged transactions, net of tax —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (1,247) (1,247)
Tax withholdings on stock based compensation —  —  (157,266) (2) —  —  (7,167) —  —  (7,169)
Net income —  —  —  —  —  —  —  84,092  —  84,092 
Balance at March 31, 2021 10,300,000  $ 103  114,120,862  $ 1,141  —  $ —  $ 3,088,302  $ 3,339,588  $ (922) $ 6,428,212 

(See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)
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Air Lease Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Operating Activities
Net (loss)/income $ (468,993) $ 84,092 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation of flight equipment 235,308  208,965 
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352  — 
Stock-based compensation (2,523) 5,408 
Deferred taxes (133,360) 18,577 
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 13,198  12,025 
Amortization of prepaid lease costs 13,193  10,790 
Gain on aircraft sales, trading and other activity (66,791) (99)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other assets (74,560) (35,323)
Accrued interest and other payables (64,068) (59,914)
Rentals received in advance 938  (10,231)
Net cash provided by operating activities 254,694  234,290 
Investing Activities
Acquisition of flight equipment under operating lease (395,402) (404,379)
Payments for deposits on flight equipment purchases (172,943) (103,382)
Proceeds from aircraft sales, trading and other activity 750  — 
Acquisition of aircraft furnishings, equipment and other assets (52,974) (41,923)
Net cash used in investing activities (620,569) (549,684)
Financing Activities
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options —  1,441 
Cash dividends paid on Class A common stock (21,088) (18,216)
Common shares repurchased (97,644) — 
Net proceeds from preferred stock issuance —  295,449 
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock (10,425) (3,844)
Tax withholdings on stock-based compensation (8,095) (7,169)
Proceeds from debt financings 1,497,615  791,645 
Payments in reduction of debt financings (708,847) (1,157,577)
Debt issuance costs (2,740) (1,335)
Security deposits and maintenance reserve receipts 125,727  21,278 
Security deposits and maintenance reserve disbursements (4,864) (11,852)
Net cash provided / (used) by financing activities 769,639  (90,180)
Net increase / (decrease) in cash 403,764  (405,574)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 1,108,292  1,757,767 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 1,512,056  $ 1,352,193 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the period for interest, including capitalized interest of $9,365 and $13,543 at March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
 $ 179,026  $ 177,685 
Cash paid for income taxes $ 3,446  $ 1,101 
Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Activities
Buyer furnished equipment, capitalized interest and deposits on flight equipment purchases applied to acquisition of flight equipment $ 85,791  $ 176,618 
Cash dividends declared on Class A common stock, not yet paid $ 21,136  $ 18,259 

(See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)
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Note 1.    Company Background and Overview

Air Lease Corporation (the “Company”, “ALC”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is a leading aircraft leasing company that was founded by aircraft leasing industry pioneer, Steven F. Udvar-Házy. The Company is principally engaged in purchasing the most modern, fuel-efficient, new technology commercial jet aircraft directly from aircraft manufacturers, such as The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) and Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”). The Company leases these aircraft to airlines throughout the world with the intention to generate attractive returns on equity. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 370 aircraft, managed 87 aircraft and had 451 aircraft on order with aircraft manufacturers. In addition to its leasing activities, the Company sells aircraft from its fleet to third parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, airlines and other investors. The Company also provides fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios for a management fee.

Note 2.    Basis of Preparation and Critical Accounting Policies

The Company consolidates financial statements of all entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest, including the accounts of any Variable Interest Entity in which the Company has a controlling financial interest and for which it is the primary beneficiary. All material intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, which are in the opinion of management necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows at March 31, 2022, and for all periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. These financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made in the prior year’s consolidated financial statements to conform to the classifications in 2022.

Note 3.    Debt Financing

The Company’s consolidated debt as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is summarized below:

March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
(in thousands)
Unsecured
Senior notes $ 17,695,077  $ 16,892,058 
Term financings 195,275  167,000 
        Total unsecured debt financing 17,890,352  17,059,058 
Secured
Term financings 123,452  126,660 
Export credit financing 16,637  18,301 
        Total secured debt financing 140,089  144,961 
Total debt financing 18,030,441  17,204,019 
Less: Debt discounts and issuance costs (205,716) (181,539)
Debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs $ 17,824,725  $ 17,022,480 

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Senior unsecured notes (including Medium-Term Note Program)

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had $17.7 billion in senior unsecured notes outstanding. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $16.9 billion in senior unsecured notes outstanding.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company issued $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes comprised of (i) $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.20% Medium-Term Notes due 2027, and (ii) $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Medium-Term Notes due 2032.

Unsecured revolving credit facility

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are used to finance the Company’s working capital needs in the ordinary course of business and for other general corporate purposes.

As of March 31, 2022, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility accrued interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.05% per year. The Company is required to pay a facility fee of 0.20% per year in respect of total commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. Interest rate and facility fees are subject to increases or decreases based on declines or improvements in the credit ratings for the Company’s debt.

In April 2022, the Company amended and extended its Revolving Credit Facility through an amendment that, among other things, extended the final maturity date from May 5, 2025 to May 5, 2026 and, after giving effect to $65.0 million in commitments that matured on May 5, 2022, increased the total revolving commitments to approximately $7.0 billion as of May 5, 2022. As of May 5, 2022, lenders held revolving commitments totaling approximately $6.5 billion that mature on May 5, 2026, commitments totaling $132.5 million that mature on May 5, 2025 and commitments totaling $400.0 million that mature on May 5, 2023. The amended Revolving Credit Facility also replaced LIBOR with Term SOFR as the benchmark interest rate and made certain conforming changes related thereto. As a result of the amendment, borrowings under the amended Revolving Credit Facility accrue interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility), plus a margin of 1.05% per year subject to increases or decreases based on declines or improvements in the credit ratings for the Company’s debt.

Other debt financings

From time to time, the Company enters into other debt financings such as unsecured term financings and secured term financings, including export credit. As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance on other debt financings was $335.4 million and the Company had pledged three aircraft as collateral with a net book value of $219.7 million. As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding balance on other debt financings was $312.0 million and the Company had pledged three aircraft as collateral with a net book value of $222.2 million.

Maturities

Maturities of debt outstanding as of March 31, 2022 are as follows:
 (in thousands)
Years ending December 31,
2022 $ 1,376,451 
2023 2,538,951 
2024 2,894,628 
2025 2,327,389 
2026 3,472,845 
Thereafter 5,420,177 
Total $ 18,030,441 

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Note 4.     Flight equipment subject to operating lease

The following table summarizes the activities for the Company’s flight equipment subject to operating lease for the three months ended March 31, 2022:

(in thousands)
Net book value as of December 31, 2021 $ 22,899,004 
Additions 490,888 
Depreciation (235,308)
Transfers to net investments in sales-type leases (79,255)
Write-off of Russian fleet (791,017)
Net book value as of March 31, 2022 $ 22,284,312 
Accumulated depreciation as of March 31, 2022 $ (4,267,934)

Write-off of Russian fleet

In response to the sanctions against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia, in March 2022, the Company terminated all of its leasing activities in Russia, including 24 aircraft in its owned fleet. As of May 5, 2022, 21 aircraft in the Company’s owned fleet remain in Russia. Most of the operators of these aircraft have continued to fly the aircraft notwithstanding the termination of leasing activities and our repeated demands for the return of our assets. While the Company maintains title to the aircraft, the Company has determined that it is unlikely it will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia. As such, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss from asset write-offs of its interests in owned aircraft that remain in Russia, totaling approximately $791.0 million. The 21 aircraft that remain in Russia have been removed from the Company’s owned fleet count. The Company is vigorously pursuing insurance claims to recover its losses relating to these aircraft. Collection, timing and amounts of any insurance recoveries is uncertain.

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Note 5.    Commitments and Contingencies

Aircraft Acquisition

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company increased its committed orderbook by entering into agreements with Boeing to purchase 50 aircraft, which includes the conversion of three 787-9 aircraft to 18 737 MAX aircraft. In addition, the Company canceled five aircraft in its orderbook that were slated for delivery in Russia. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had commitments to purchase 451 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus for delivery through 2028, with an estimated aggregate commitment of $28.8 billion.

The table is subject to change based on Airbus and Boeing delivery delays. As noted below, the Company expects delivery delays for some aircraft deliveries in its orderbook. The Company remains in discussions with Boeing and Airbus to determine the extent and duration of delivery delays; however, the Company is not yet able to determine the full impact of the delivery delays.

Estimated Delivery Years
Aircraft Type 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thereafter Total
Airbus A220-100/300 4  17  23  20  12  —  76 
Airbus A320/321neo(1)
 24  24  26  23  32  64  193 
Airbus A330-900neo 7  6  4  —  —  —  17 
Airbus A350-900/1000
 3  3  3  —  —  —  9 
Airbus A350F —  —  —  —  2  5  7 
Boeing 737-8/9 MAX 25  31  35  18  16  —  125 
Boeing 787-9/10 3  7  8  6  —  —  24 
Total(2)
 66  88  99  67  62  69  451 
(1) The Company’s Airbus A320/321neo aircraft orders include 27 long-range variants and 49 extra long-range variants.
(2) The table above reflects Airbus and Boeing aircraft delivery delays based on contractual documentation.

Pursuant to our purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus, we agree to contractual delivery dates for each aircraft ordered. These dates can change for a variety of reasons, however for the last several years, manufacturing delays have significantly delayed the planned purchases of our aircraft on order with Boeing and Airbus. The Company is currently experiencing delivery delays with both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. However, the most significant delivery delays are with the Company’s aircraft orders for Boeing 787 aircraft.

During 2020, Boeing began to experience manufacturing issues on its 787 aircraft, which resulted in significant aircraft delivery delays. Boeing has halted 787 deliveries and has not indicated when they will resume. Accordingly, we have not taken delivery of any 787s since the halting of the deliveries, and the timing of deliveries of the aircraft for the remainder of this year and potentially beyond remains uncertain.

The aircraft purchase commitments discussed above could also be impacted by lease cancellations. The Company's leases typically provide that the Company and the airline customer each have a cancellation right related to certain aircraft delivery delays. The Company’s purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus also generally provide that the Company and the manufacturer each have cancellation rights that typically parallel the Company’s cancellation rights in its leases. The Company’s leases and its purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus generally provide for cancellation rights starting at one year after the original contractual delivery date, regardless of cause.
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Commitments for the acquisition of these aircraft, calculated at an estimated aggregate purchase price (including adjustments for anticipated inflation) of approximately $28.8 billion at March 31, 2022, are as follows:

(in thousands)
Years ending December 31,
2022 $ 4,446,438 
2023 6,049,551 
2024 6,400,067 
2025 4,006,352 
2026 3,491,754 
Thereafter 4,450,903 
Total
 $ 28,845,065 


The Company has made non-refundable deposits on the aircraft for which the Company has commitments to purchase of $1.6 billion and $1.5 billion as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which are subject to manufacturer performance commitments. If the Company is unable to satisfy its purchase commitments, the Company may be forced to forfeit its deposits. Further, the Company would be exposed to breach of contract claims by its lessees and manufacturers.

Note 6.    Rental Income

At March 31, 2022, minimum future rentals on non-cancellable operating leases of flight equipment in the Company’s owned fleet, which have been delivered as of March 31, 2022 are as follows:

(in thousands)
Years ending December 31,
2022 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2022) $ 1,547,862 
2023 1,952,007 
2024 1,826,854 
2025 1,678,155 
2026 1,485,049 
Thereafter 5,605,989 
Total
 $ 14,095,916 

Note 7. (Loss)/Earnings Per Share

Basic (loss)/earnings per share is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock; however, potential common equivalent shares are excluded if the effect of including these shares would be anti-dilutive. The Company’s two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B non-voting, have equal rights to dividends and income, and therefore, basic and diluted earnings per share are the same for each class of common stock. As of March 31, 2022, the Company did not have any Class B non-voting common stock outstanding.    

Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential conversion of stock options, restricted stock units, and warrants using the treasury stock method and convertible notes using the if-converted method. Since the Company was in a loss position for the three months ended March 31, 2022, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share for the period as the inclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company excluded 249,781 potentially dilutive securities, whose effect would have been anti-dilutive, from the computation of diluted earnings per share. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not exclude any potentially dilutive securities, whose effect would have been anti-dilutive, from the computation of diluted earnings per share. The Company excluded 1,046,967 and 1,085,311
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shares related to restricted stock units for which the performance metric had yet to be achieved as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of basic and diluted (loss)/earnings per share:
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(in thousands, except share and per share)
Basic (loss)/earnings per share:
Numerator
Net (loss)/income $ (468,993) $ 84,092 
Preferred stock dividends (10,425) (3,844)
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders
 $ (479,418) $ 80,248 
Denominator
Weighted-average common shares outstanding 113,894,867  113,958,403 
Basic (loss)/earnings per share $ (4.21) $ 0.70 
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share:
Numerator
Net (loss)/income $ (468,993) $ 84,092 
Preferred stock dividends (10,425) (3,844)
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders
 $ (479,418) $ 80,248 
Denominator
Number of shares used in basic computation 113,894,867 113,958,403
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities — 278,706
Number of shares used in per share computation 113,894,867 114,237,109
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share $ (4.21) $ 0.70 

Note 8.    Fair Value Measurements

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring and Non-recurring Basis

The Company has a cross-currency swap related to its Canadian dollar Medium-Term Notes which were issued in December 2019. The fair value of the swap as a foreign currency exchange derivative is categorized as a Level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy and is measured on a recurring basis. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the estimated fair value of the foreign currency exchange derivative asset was $19.4 million and $14.1 million, respectively.

Financial Instruments Not Measured at Fair Values

The fair value of debt financing is estimated based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues, or on the current rates offered to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities, which would be categorized as a Level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value of debt financing as of March 31, 2022 was $17.5 billion compared to a book value of $18.0 billion. The estimated fair value of debt financing as of December 31, 2021 was $17.6 billion compared to a book value of $17.2 billion.

The following financial instruments are not measured at fair value on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2022, but require disclosure of their fair values: cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash. The estimated fair value of such instruments at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 approximates their carrying value as reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of all these instruments would be categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Note 9.    Shareholders’ Equity

The Company was authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 111,317,259 and 113,987,154 Class A common shares issued and outstanding, respectively. The Company was authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company did not have any shares of Class B non-voting common stock, $0.01 par value, issued or outstanding as of March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

The Company was authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value, at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 10.0 million shares of 6.15% Fixed-to-Floating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), $0.01 par value, issued and outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of $250.0 million ($25.00 per share), 300,000 shares of 4.65% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), $0.01 par value, issued and outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of $300.0 million ($1,000 per share) and 300,000 shares of 4.125% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), $0.01 par value, issued and outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of $300.0 million ($1,000 per share).

The following table summarizes the Company’s preferred stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 (in thousands, except for share amounts and percentages):
Shares Issued and Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 Carrying Value
as of March 31, 2022		 Issue Date Dividend Rate in Effect at March 31, 2022 Next dividend rate reset date Dividend rate after reset date
Series A 10,000,000  $ 250,000  March 5, 2019 6.150  % March 15, 2024
3M LIBOR plus 3.65%
Series B 300,000  300,000  March 2, 2021 4.650  % June 15, 2026
5 Yr U.S. Treasury plus 4.076%
Series C 300,000  300,000  October 13, 2021 4.125  % December 15, 2026
5 Yr U.S. Treasury plus 3.149%
Total Preferred Stock 10,600,000  $ 850,000 

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company repurchased 2,959,458 shares of its Class A common stock under its stock repurchase program at an average purchase price of $43.77 per share.

In April 2022, the Company repurchased an additional 461,416 shares of its Class A common stock under the Company’s stock repurchase plan at an average purchase price of $44.33 per share. Such repurchases completed the repurchase of the entire $150.0 million of outstanding shares authorized under the Company’s stock repurchase plan. The plan terminated in April 2022 upon completion of such repurchase.

Note 10.     Stock-based Compensation

On May 7, 2014, the stockholders of the Company approved the Air Lease Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”). Upon approval of the 2014 Plan, no new awards may be granted under the Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”). As of March 31, 2022, the number of stock options (“Stock Options”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) authorized under the 2014 Plan is approximately 4,199,596. The Company has issued RSUs with four different vesting criteria: those RSUs that vest based on the attainment of book-value goals, those RSUs that vest based on the attainment of Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) goals, time based RSUs that vest ratably over a time period of three years and RSUs that cliff vest at the end of a one or two year period.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had no outstanding Stock Options and no unrecognized compensation costs related to outstanding Stock Options. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no stock-based compensation expenses related to Stock Options. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a net reversal of previously recognized stock based compensation of $2.5 million. The Company recorded $5.4 million of stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The decrease in stock-based compensation relates to reductions in the underlying vesting estimates of certain book value RSUs as the performance criteria is no longer being considered probable of being achieved.

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Restricted Stock Units

Compensation cost for RSUs is measured at the grant date based on fair value and recognized over the vesting period. The fair value of book value and time based RSUs is determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s Class A common stock on the date of grant, while the fair value of RSUs that vest based on the attainment of Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) goals is determined at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. Included in the Monte Carlo simulation model were certain assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables, such as expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends. To appropriately value the award, the risk-free interest rate is estimated for the time period from the valuation date until the vesting date and the historical volatilities were estimated based on a historical timeframe equal to the time from the valuation date until the end date of the performance period.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company granted 629,903 RSUs of which 137,729 are TSR RSUs and 220,437 are book value RSUs. The following table summarizes the activities for the Company’s unvested RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2022:
Unvested Restricted Stock Units
Number of
Shares		 Weighted-Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2021 1,571,415  $ 43.88 
Granted 629,903  $ 48.06 
Vested (471,867) $ 42.23 
Forfeited/canceled (146,306) $ 40.03 
Unvested at March 31, 2022 1,583,145  $ 46.11 
Expected to vest after March 31, 2022 1,399,784  $ 46.74 

As of March 31, 2022, there was $47.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock-based payments granted to employees. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining period of 2.34 years.

Note 11. Aircraft Under Management

As of March 31, 2022, the Company managed 87 aircraft across three aircraft management platforms. The Company managed 48 aircraft through its Thunderbolt platform, 34 aircraft through the Blackbird investment funds and five on behalf of financial institutions.

The Company managed 34 aircraft on behalf of third-party investors, through two investment funds, Blackbird I and Blackbird II. These funds invest in commercial jet aircraft and lease them to airlines throughout the world. The Company provides management services to these funds for a fee. As of March 31, 2022, the Company's non-controlling interests in each fund were 9.5% and are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company’s investments in these funds aggregated $62.4 million and $73.2 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Additionally, the Company continues to manage aircraft that it sells through its Thunderbolt platform. The Thunderbolt platform facilitates the sale of mid-life aircraft to investors while allowing the Company to continue the management of these aircraft for a fee. As of March 31, 2022, the Company managed 48 aircraft across three separate transactions. The Company has non-controlling interests in two of these entities of approximately 5.0%, which are accounted for under the cost method of accounting. The Company’s total investment in aircraft sold through its Thunderbolt platform was $8.8 million and $9.3 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively and is included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In response to the sanctions against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia, in March 2022 the Company terminated all of its leasing activities in Russia, including eight aircraft from its managed fleet. As of May 5, 2022, six aircraft in the Company’s managed fleet remain in Russia. While the Company maintains title to the aircraft, the Company has determined that it is unlikely it will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia. As a result, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized asset write-offs of $11.4 million related to its investments in the managed platforms that own such aircraft.
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Note 12. Net Investment in Sales-type Leases

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had four A320-200 aircraft on lease to an airline with terms that meet the criteria of being classified as a sales-type lease.

Net investment in sales-type leases was included in Other assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets based on the present value of fixed payments under the contract and the residual value of the underlying asset, discounted at the rate implicit in the lease. The Company’s investment in sales-type leases consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2022
Future minimum lease payments to be received $ 98,810 
Estimated residual values of leased flight equipment 36,675 
Less: Unearned income (22,782)
Net Investment in Sales-type Leases $ 112,703 

As of March 31, 2022, future minimum lease payments to be received on sales-type leases were as follows:

(in thousands)
Years ending December 31,
2022 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2022) $ 6,970 
2023 9,840 
2024 9,840 
2025 9,840 
2026 9,840 
Thereafter 52,480 
Total $ 98,810 

Note 13. Subsequent Events

On May 4, 2022, the Company’s board of directors approved quarterly dividends for the Company’s Class A common stock and Series A, B and C Preferred Stock. The following table summarizes the details of the dividends that were declared:

Title of each class Cash dividend per share Record Date Payment Date
Class A Common Stock $ 0.185  June 7, 2022 July 8, 2022
Series A Preferred Stock $ 0.384375  May 31, 2022 June 15, 2022
Series B Preferred Stock $ 11.625  May 31, 2022 June 15, 2022
Series C Preferred Stock $ 10.3125  May 31, 2022 June 15, 2022

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ITEM 2.    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

Air Lease Corporation (the “Company”, “ALC”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is a leading aircraft leasing company that was founded by aircraft leasing industry pioneer, Steven F. Udvar-Házy. We are principally engaged in purchasing the most modern, fuel-efficient new technology commercial jet aircraft directly from aircraft manufacturers, such as The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) and Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”), and leasing those aircraft to airlines throughout the world with the intention to generate attractive returns on equity. In addition to our leasing activities, we sell aircraft from our fleet to third-parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, airlines and other investors. We also provide fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios for a management fee. Our operating performance is driven by the growth of our fleet, the terms of our leases, the interest rates on our debt, and the aggregate amount of our indebtedness, supplemented by gains from aircraft sales and our management fees.

First Quarter Overview

As of March 31, 2022, the net book value of our fleet was $22.3 billion, compared to $22.9 billion as of December 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we purchased and took delivery of eight aircraft from our new order pipeline, one aircraft from the secondary market and wrote-off the net book value of 21 aircraft that remain in Russia, ending the period with a total of 370 aircraft in our owned aircraft portfolio. The weighted average age of our fleet was 4.5 years and the weighted average lease term remaining was 7.0 years as of March 31, 2022. Our managed fleet was 87 aircraft as of March 31, 2022 as compared to a managed fleet of 92 aircraft as of December 31, 2021. We have a globally diversified customer base comprised of 114 airlines in 60 countries as of March 31, 2022. As of May 5, 2022, all aircraft in our fleet, except for three aircraft, were subject to lease agreements or letters of intent.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we increased our committed orderbook by entering into agreements with Boeing to purchase 50 aircraft, which includes the conversion of three 787-9 aircraft to 18 737 MAX aircraft. In addition, we canceled five aircraft in our orderbook that were slated for delivery in Russia. As of March 31, 2022, we had commitments to purchase 451 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus for delivery through 2028, with an estimated aggregate commitment of $28.8 billion.

We have placed approximately 97% of our committed orderbook on long-term leases for aircraft delivering through the end of 2023 and have placed 52% of our entire orderbook. We ended the first quarter of 2022 with $29.5 billion in committed minimum future rental payments, consisting of $14.1 billion in contracted minimum rental payments on the aircraft in our existing fleet and $15.4 billion in minimum future rental payments related to aircraft which will deliver between 2022 through 2026.

We typically finance the purchase of aircraft and our business with available cash balances, internally generated funds, including through aircraft sales, preferred stock issuances, and debt financings. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we issued $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.20% Medium-Term Notes due 2027, and $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Medium-Term Notes due 2032. In addition, we ended the first quarter of 2022 with an aggregate borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility of $6.8 billion and total liquidity of $8.3 billion. As of March 31, 2022, we had total debt outstanding of $18.0 billion, of which 95.1% was at a fixed rate and 99.2% was unsecured. As of March 31, 2022, our composite cost of funds raised through debt financings was 2.77%.

Our total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 increased by 25.7% to $596.7 million, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the continued growth in our fleet, significantly lower cash basis and lease restructuring losses and the recognition of approximately $59.6 million in security deposits and maintenance reserve income resulting from the termination of our leasing activities in Russia as required by government sanctions.

During the first quarter of 2022, the industry continued to recover from the impact of COVID-19. As of March 31, 2022, we had $190.4 million in outstanding deferred rentals due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as compared to $203.2 million as of December 31, 2021. Our collection rate and our lease utilization rate for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were 96.9% and
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99.5%, respectively. Our collection rate is defined as the sum of cash collected from lease rentals and maintenance reserves, including cash recovered from outstanding receivables from previous periods, as a percentage of the total contracted receivables due during the period and is calculated after giving effect to lease deferral arrangements made as of March 31, 2022. The calculation of our collection rate includes cash received and due from lease rentals and maintenance reserves for the 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet that remain in Russia through the date we terminated leasing activities. Lease utilization rate is calculated based on the number of days each aircraft, including the 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet that remain in Russia as of March 31, 2022, was subject to a lease or letter of intent during the period, weighted by the net book value of the aircraft.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a net loss attributable to shareholders of $479.4 million, or $4.21 per diluted share, as compared to net income attributable to shareholders of $80.2 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, in the prior period. Despite the continued growth of our fleet, our net income attributable to shareholders decreased due to the write-off of our interests in our owned and managed fleet that remain in Russia, totaling approximately $802.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

After excluding the effects of the write-off and certain other adjustments described below, we recorded adjusted net income before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2022 of $200.9 million or $1.76 per diluted share. This increased by approximately 71.6% over the prior period results of $117.1 million or $1.03 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2021. This was due to the continued growth of our fleet and the increase in revenues as discussed above. Adjusted net income before income taxes and adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes are measures of financial and operational performance that are not defined by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). See “Results of Operations” below for a discussion of adjusted net income before income taxes and adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes as non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation of these measures to net income attributable to common stockholders.

Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict

In connection with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and others have imposed, and may continue to impose, economic sanctions and export controls against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia. These sanctions include closures of airspace for aircraft operated by Russian controlled entities, bans on the leasing or sale of aircraft to Russian controlled entities, bans on the export and re-export of aircraft and aircraft components to Russian controlled entities or for use in Russia, and corresponding prohibitions on providing technical assistance, brokering services, insurance and reinsurance, as well as financing or financial assistance.

In response to the sanctions, in March 2022 we terminated all of our leasing activities in Russia, consisting of 24 aircraft in our owned fleet, eight aircraft in our managed fleet and the leasing activity relating to 29 aircraft that have not yet delivered from our orderbook, for which many have been subsequently placed. We also canceled five aircraft in our orderbook that were slated for delivery in Russia. Prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we did not have any aircraft on lease in Belarus and had one aircraft on lease in Ukraine, which is currently located outside of Ukraine. During the quarter, we recognized approximately $59.6 million in security deposits and maintenance reserve income resulting from the termination of our leasing activities in Russia. As of May 5, 2022, 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet and six aircraft previously included in our managed fleet were not returned and remain in Russia. Most of the operators of these aircraft have continued to fly the aircraft notwithstanding the termination of leasing activities and our repeated demands for the return of our assets. The 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet represented 3.4% of our fleet by net book value as of March 31, 2022 and provided approximately $18.0 million per quarter in rental revenue. In addition, our future revenues and cash flows have been impacted by the termination of our leasing activities of the aircraft in Russia, which we have reflected in the table presented in Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

While we maintain title to the aircraft, we determined that it is unlikely we will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia. As a result, we recorded a write-off of our interests in our owned and managed aircraft that remain in Russia, totaling approximately $802.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The 21 aircraft that remain in Russia have been removed from our owned fleet count as of March 31, 2022. Our lessees are primarily structured as triple net leases, whereby the lessee is responsible for all operating costs, including insurance. We are vigorously pursuing insurance claims to recover losses relating to our aircraft that remain in Russia. Collection, timing and amounts of any insurance recoveries is currently uncertain.

For more information regarding the risks we face relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, see “Part II — Item 1A. Risk Factors,” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Our Fleet

References throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “our fleet” refer to the aircraft included in flight equipment subject to operating leases and do not include aircraft in our managed fleet or aircraft classified as net investments in sales-type leases unless the context indicates otherwise. Portfolio metrics of our fleet as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:

March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Net book value of flight equipment subject to operating lease
 $ 22.3  billion $ 22.9   billion
Weighted-average fleet age(1)
 4.5 years 4.4 years
Weighted-average remaining lease term(1)
 7.0 years 7.2 years
Owned fleet 370 382
Managed fleet 87 92
Aircraft on order 451 431
Total
 908 905
Current fleet contracted rentals
 $ 14.1   billion $ 14.8   billion
Committed fleet rentals
 $ 15.4   billion $ 16.1   billion
Total committed rentals
 $ 29.5   billion $ 30.9   billion
(1) Weighted-average fleet age and remaining lease term calculated based on net book value of our flight equipment subject to operating lease.

The following table sets forth the net book value and percentage of the net book value of our flight equipment subject to operating leases in the indicated regions based on each airline’s principal place of business as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Region Net Book
Value		 % of Total Net Book
Value		 % of Total
(in thousands, except percentages)
Europe $ 6,746,925  30.2  % $ 7,439,993  32.5  %
Asia (excluding China) 6,109,545  27.4  % 5,952,981  26.0  %
China 2,902,867  13.0  % 2,934,224  12.8  %
The Middle East and Africa 2,422,660  10.9  % 2,447,919  10.7  %
U.S. and Canada 1,596,215  7.2  % 1,638,450  7.2  %
Central America, South America, and Mexico 1,596,112  7.2  % 1,566,133  6.8  %
Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand 909,988  4.1  % 919,304  4.0  %
Total $ 22,284,312  100.0  % $ 22,899,004  100.0  %

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The following table sets forth the number of aircraft in our owned fleet by aircraft type as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Aircraft type Number of
Aircraft		 % of Total Number of
Aircraft		 % of Total
Airbus A319-100 1  0.3  % 1  0.3  %
Airbus A320-200 28  7.5  % 31  8.1  %
Airbus A320-200neo 24  6.5  % 23  6.0  %
Airbus A321-200 24  6.5  % 26  6.8  %
Airbus A321-200neo 64  17.3  % 69  18.1  %
Airbus A330-200 13  3.4  % 13  3.4  %
Airbus A330-300 5  1.4  % 8  2.1  %
Airbus A330-900neo 10  2.7  % 9  2.4  %
Airbus A350-900 12  3.2  % 12  3.1  %
Airbus A350-1000 5  1.4  % 5  1.3  %
Boeing 737-700 4  1.1  % 4  1.0  %
Boeing 737-800 84  22.7  % 88  23.0  %
Boeing 737-8 MAX 30  8.1  % 28  7.3  %
Boeing 737-9 MAX 8  2.2  % 7 1.8  %
Boeing 777-200ER 1  0.3  % 1  0.3  %
Boeing 777-300ER 24  6.5  % 24  6.3  %
Boeing 787-9 26  7.0  % 26  6.8  %
Boeing 787-10 6  1.6  % 6  1.6  %
Embraer E190 1  0.3  % 1  0.3  %
Total 370  100.0  % 382  100.0  %

As of March 31, 2022, we had contractual commitments to acquire a total of 451 new aircraft, with an estimated aggregate purchase price (including adjustments for anticipated inflation) of $28.8 billion, for delivery through 2028 as follows:
Estimated Delivery Years
Aircraft Type 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thereafter Total
Airbus A220-100/300 4  17  23  20  12  —  76 
Airbus A320/321neo(1)
 24  24  26  23  32  64  193 
Airbus A330-900neo 7  6  4  —  —  —  17 
Airbus A350-900/1000 3  3  3  —  —  —  9 
Airbus A350F —  —  —  —  2  5  7 
Boeing 737-8/9 MAX 25  31  35  18  16  —  125 
Boeing 787-9/10 3  7  8  6  —  —  24 
Total(2)
 66  88  99  67  62  69  451 
(1) Our Airbus A320/321neo aircraft orders include 27 long-range variants and 49 extra long-range variants.
(2) The table above reflects Airbus and Boeing aircraft delivery delays based on contractual documentation.

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Aircraft Delivery Delays

Pursuant to our purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus, we agree to contractual delivery dates for each aircraft ordered. These dates can change for a variety of reasons, however for the last several years, manufacturing delays have significantly delayed the planned purchases of our aircraft on order with Boeing and Airbus. We are currently experiencing delivery delays with both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. However, the most significant delivery delays are with our aircraft orders for Boeing 787 aircraft.

During 2020, Boeing began to experience manufacturing issues on its 787 aircraft, which resulted in significant aircraft delivery delays. Boeing has halted 787 deliveries and has not indicated when they will resume. Accordingly, we have not taken delivery of any 787s since the halting of the deliveries, and the timing of deliveries of the aircraft for the remainder of this year and potentially beyond remains uncertain.

Our leases typically provide that we and our airline customer each have a cancellation right related to certain aircraft delivery delays. Our purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus also generally provide that we and the manufacturer each have cancellation rights that typically parallel our cancellation rights in our leases. Our leases and our purchase agreements with Boeing and Airbus generally provide for cancellation rights starting at one year after the original contractual delivery date, regardless of cause.

We believe that the majority of our 787 aircraft deliveries in our orderbook will be delayed more than 12 months, which would give us, our airline customers and Boeing the right to cancel these aircraft commitments. We are working with Boeing and the respective airlines to find commercial solutions to prevent cancellation rights from being exercised and ultimately, to take delivery of these aircraft. However, as noted above, during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we elected to cancel five aircraft in our orderbook that were slated for delivery in Russia.

The following table, which is subject to change based on Airbus and Boeing delivery delays, shows the number of new aircraft scheduled to be delivered as of March 31, 2022, along with the lease placements of such aircraft as of May 5, 2022. As noted above, we expect delivery delays for all aircraft deliveries in our orderbook. We remain in discussions with Boeing and Airbus to determine the extent and duration of delivery delays, but we are not yet able to determine the full impact of the delivery delays.

Delivery Year Number
Leased		 Number of
Aircraft		 % Leased
2022 65  66  98.5  %
2023 85  88  96.6  %
2024 59  99  59.6  %
2025 25  67  37.3  %
2026 2  62  3.2  %
Thereafter —  69  —  %
Total 236  451 

Aircraft Industry and Sources of Revenues

Our revenues are principally derived from operating leases with airlines throughout the world. As of March 31, 2022, we had a globally diversified customer base of 114 airlines in 60 different countries, with over 95% of our business revenues from airlines domiciled outside of the U.S., and we anticipate that most of our revenues in the future will be generated from foreign customers.

Performance of the commercial airline industry is linked to global economic health and development. Despite the disruption caused to the commercial airline industry by the COVID-19 pandemic since early 2020, global air travel continues to recover and has accelerated in a number of markets. The International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) reported that passenger traffic was up 76% in the month of March 2022 relative to the same month in the prior year, as domestic traffic continued to improve in most markets and the international traffic recovery accelerated in markets where travel restrictions were relaxed. Domestic markets have experienced faster recovery than international markets given generally more relaxed travel restrictions. Global domestic passenger traffic in March 2022 improved 12% relative to the prior year, and was 23% lower than the same month in 2019. International traffic in March of 2022 rose 285% relative to the prior year, though it remains 52% lower than the same month in 2019. We believe COVID-19 vaccination
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progress, therapeutic treatments and the easing of travel restrictions will continue to support the recovery of air passenger traffic and the commercial airline industry.

As of March 31, 2022, approximately 74% of the net book value of our fleet are leased to flag carriers or airlines that have some form of governmental ownership; however, this does not guarantee our ability to collect contractual rent payments. We believe that having a large portion of the net book value of our fleet on lease with flag carriers or airlines with some form of governmental ownership, coupled with the overall quality of our aircraft and security deposits and maintenance reserves under our leases will help mitigate our customer default risk.

Impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, including border restrictions and other travel limitations, initially reduced demand for certain aircraft in our fleet resulting in weakened lease rates, most particularly on widebody aircraft. However, starting in the second half of 2021, we experienced increased demand for our aircraft. The overall increased demand, coupled with rising interest rates and inflation, are providing catalysts for a rising lease rate environment and we continue to see this in marketplace. Lease rates can be influenced by several factors including impacts of epidemic diseases, changes in the competitive landscape of the aircraft leasing industry, evolving international trade matters, geopolitical events, and aircraft delivery delays and therefore, are difficult to project or forecast.

As a result of continued manufacturing delays as discussed above in “Our Fleet,” our aircraft delivery schedule could continue to be subject to material changes and delivery delays could extend beyond 2022.

Global economic conditions are also impacting the aircraft leasing industry. Fuel costs have increased significantly in 2022 compared to pandemic lows and interest rates are also increasing. Our airline customers are also currently experiencing wage negotiations and/or pilot shortages, which may increase their operating costs. Also, as noted above, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has impacted global macroeconomic conditions. While these events have not impacted our lessees’ ability to make lease payments to date, if our lessees are not able to effectively manage increased operating costs, it could impact our financial results and cash flows.

We believe the aircraft leasing industry has remained resilient over time across a variety of global economic conditions and remain optimistic about the long-term fundamentals of our business. We expect the aviation industry to continue to recover from the impact of COVID-19. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, some airlines have accelerated their plans to retire older, less fuel-efficient aircraft that have higher operating and maintenance costs in the current environment. We anticipate that airlines will continue to accelerate the retirement of these types of aircraft, particularly if fuel prices remain elevated, ultimately increasing demand for newer aircraft over time. We also anticipate that when airlines need to add new aircraft to their fleet, they will increasingly elect to lease aircraft instead of purchasing aircraft to reduce capital requirements and manage other operating expenses, and that we will benefit from that trend. We expect a number of these trends to continue in 2022 and beyond.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We ended the first quarter of 2022 with available liquidity of $8.3 billion which is comprised of unrestricted cash of $1.5 billion and undrawn balances under our unsecured revolving credit facility of $6.8 billion. We finance the purchase of aircraft and our business operations using available cash balances, internally generated funds, including through aircraft sales and trading activity, and an array of financing products. We aim to maintain investment-grade credit metrics and focus our debt financing strategy on funding our business on an unsecured basis with primarily fixed-rate debt from public bond offerings. Unsecured financing provides us with operational flexibility when selling or transitioning aircraft from one airline to another. We also have the ability to seek debt financing secured by our assets, as well as financings supported through the Export-Import Bank of the United States and other export credit agencies for future aircraft deliveries. We have also issued preferred stock with a total aggregate stated value of $850.0 million. Our access to a variety of financing alternatives including unsecured public bonds, private capital, bank debt, secured financings and preferred stock issuances serves as a key advantage in managing our liquidity. Aircraft delivery delays as a product of manufacturer delays are expected to further reduce our aircraft investment and debt financing needs for the next six to twelve months and potentially beyond.

We have a balanced approach to capital allocation based on the following priorities, ranked in order of importance: first, investing in modern, in-demand aircraft to profitably grow our core aircraft leasing business while maintaining strong fleet metrics and
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creating sustainable long-term shareholder value; second, maintaining our investment grade balance sheet utilizing unsecured debt as our primary form of financing; and finally, in lockstep with the aforementioned priorities, returning excess cash to shareholders through our dividend policy as well as regular evaluation of share repurchases, as appropriate.

We ended the first quarter of 2022 with total debt outstanding of $18.0 billion compared to $17.2 billion as of December 31, 2021. Our unsecured debt outstanding increased to $17.9 billion as of March 31, 2022 from $17.1 billion as of December 31, 2021. Our unsecured debt as a percentage of total debt was 99.2% as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Material Cash Sources and Requirements

We believe that we have sufficient liquidity from available cash balances, cash generated from ongoing operations, available borrowings under our unsecured revolving credit facility and general ability to access the capital markets for opportunistic public bond offerings to satisfy the operating requirements of our business through at least the next 12 months. Our long-term debt financing strategy is focused on continuing to raise unsecured debt in the global bank and investment grade capital markets. Our material cash sources include:

•Unrestricted cash: We ended the first quarter of 2022 with $1.5 billion in unrestricted cash.
•Lease cash flows: We ended the first quarter of 2022 with $29.5 billion in committed minimum future rental payments comprised of $14.1 billion in contracted minimum rental payments on the aircraft in our existing fleet and $15.4 billion in minimum future rental payments related to aircraft which will deliver between 2022 through 2026. These rental payments are a primary driver of our short and long-term operating-cash-flow. As of March 31, 2022, our minimum future rentals on non-cancellable operating leases for the remainder of 2022 was $1.5 billion. For further detail on our minimum future rentals for the remainder of 2022 and thereafter, see “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” under “Item 1. Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
•Unsecured revolving credit facility: As of May 5, 2022, our $7.0 billion revolving credit facility is syndicated across 52 financial institutions from various regions of the world, diversifying our reliance on any individual lending institution. The final maturity for the facility is May 2026, although we expect to refinance this facility in advance of this date. The facility contains standard investment grade covenants and does not condition our ability to borrow on the lack of a material adverse effect to us or the general economy.
•Senior unsecured bonds: We are a frequent issuer in the investment grade capital markets, opportunistically issuing unsecured bonds, primarily through our Medium-Term Note Program at attractive cost of funds. In 2022, we have issued $1.5 billion of Medium-Term Notes with a weighted average interest rate of 2.54% and we expect to have continued access to the investment grade bond market in the future.
•Aircraft sales: Proceeds from the sale of aircraft help supplement our liquidity position. Although we have scaled back our aircraft sales activity in recent years, assuming aircraft deliveries continue to improve, we are targeting to sell approximately $750.0 million in aircraft for 2022. We did not sell any aircraft in the first quarter of 2022.
•Other sources: In addition to the above, we generate liquidity through other sources of debt financing (including unsecured and secured bank term loans), issuances of preferred stock and cash received from security deposits and maintenance reserves.
Our material cash requirements are primarily for the purchase of aircraft and debt service payments, along with our general operating expenses. The amount of our cash requirements depends on a variety of factors, including, the ability of aircraft manufacturers to meet their contractual delivery obligations to us, the ability of our lessees to meet their contractual obligations with us, the timing of aircraft sales from our fleet, the timing and amount of our debt service obligations, potential acquisitions, and the general economic environment in which we operate.

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Our material cash requirements as of March 31, 2022, are as follows:
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thereafter Total
Long-term debt obligations  $ 1,376,451  $ 2,538,951  $ 2,894,628  $ 2,327,389  $ 3,472,845  $ 5,420,177  $ 18,030,441 
Interest payments on debt outstanding(1)
 330,037  469,760  394,183  322,512  225,599  432,631  2,174,722 
Purchase commitments(2)(3)
 4,446,438  6,049,551  6,400,067  4,006,352  3,491,754  4,450,903  28,845,065 
Total $ 6,152,926  $ 9,058,262  $ 9,688,878  $ 6,656,253  $ 7,190,198  $ 10,303,711  $ 49,050,228 
(1) Future interest payments on floating rate debt are estimated using floating rates in effect at March 31, 2022.
(2) Purchase commitments reflect future Boeing and Airbus aircraft deliveries based on information currently available to us based on contractual documentation. Purchase commitments include only the costs of aircraft in our committed orderbook and do not include costs of aircraft that we have the right to purchase through memorandums of understanding or letters of intent.
(3) Due to the expected aircraft delivery delays, we expect approximately $1.1 billion of our purchase commitments will be subject to cancellation, at our option, by the time of delivery.

The above table does not include any tax payments we may pay nor any dividends we may pay on our preferred stock or common stock. Based on our expected cash sources and requirements for the remainder of 2022, we expect that we will continue to access the capital markets for public bond offerings in 2022 to meet our cash requirements for aircraft deliveries and debt service obligations.

While we have planned our aircraft investments for the remainder of 2022 and beyond based on currently expected delivery schedules, given the current industry circumstances, our aircraft delivery schedule could continue to be subject to material changes. In any case, our aircraft investments will be less than what we planned prior to the pandemic, which will slow our revenue growth, but will further improve our strong liquidity position.
The actual delivery dates of the aircraft in our commitments table and expected time for payment of such aircraft may differ from our estimates and could be further impacted by the pace at which Boeing and Airbus can deliver aircraft, among other factors. We expect to make approximately $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion in aircraft investments in 2022, which reflects a high degree of uncertainty around the Boeing 787 program as well as other potential production delays.
As of March 31, 2022, we were in compliance in all material respects with the covenants contained in our debt agreements. While a ratings downgrade would not result in a default under any of our debt agreements, it could adversely affect our ability to issue debt and obtain new financings, or renew existing financings, and it would increase the costs of certain financings. Our liquidity plans are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in this Quarterly Report.

Cash Flows

Our cash flows provided by operating activities increased by 8.7% or $20.4 million, to $254.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $234.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our cash flow provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased due to the continued growth of our fleet and an increase in our cash collections as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our cash flow used in investing activities was $620.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $549.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, which resulted primarily from the purchase of aircraft. Our cash flow provided by financing activities was $769.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, which resulted primarily from the issuance of senior unsecured notes, which were used in part to acquire aircraft investments. Our cash flow used in financing activities was $90.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, which resulted primarily from the repayment of outstanding debt partially offset by the issuance of unsecured notes and the issuance of our Series B preferred stock in connection with acquiring aircraft investments.

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Debt

Our debt financing was comprised of the following at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
( in thousands, except percentages)
Unsecured
Senior notes $ 17,695,077  $ 16,892,058 
Term financings 195,275  167,000 
        Total unsecured debt financing 17,890,352  17,059,058 
Secured
Term financings 123,452  126,660 
Export credit financing 16,637  18,301 
        Total secured debt financing 140,089  144,961 
Total debt financing 18,030,441  17,204,019 
Less: Debt discounts and issuance costs (205,716) (181,539)
Debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs $ 17,824,725  $ 17,022,480 
Selected interest rates and ratios:
Composite interest rate(1)
 2.77  % 2.79  %
Composite interest rate on fixed-rate debt(1)
 2.85  % 2.90  %
Percentage of total debt at a fixed-rate 95.1  % 94.8  %
(1) This rate does not include the effect of upfront fees, facility fees, undrawn fees or amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs.

Senior unsecured notes (including Medium-Term Note Program)

As of March 31, 2022, we had $17.7 billion in senior unsecured notes outstanding. As of December 31, 2021, we had $16.9 billion in senior unsecured notes outstanding.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we issued approximately $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes comprised of (i) $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.20% Medium-Term Notes due 2027, and (ii) $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Medium-Term Notes due 2032.

For more information regarding our senior unsecured notes outstanding, see Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part III, Item 15 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Unsecured revolving credit facility

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we did not have any amounts outstanding under our unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

As of March 31, 2022, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility accrued interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.05% per year. We are required to pay a facility fee of 0.20% per year in respect of total commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. Interest rate and facility fees are subject to increases or decreases based on declines or improvements in the credit ratings for the Company’s debt. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are used to finance our working capital needs in the ordinary course of business and for other general corporate purposes.

In April 2022, we amended and extended our Revolving Credit Facility through an amendment that, among other things, extended the final maturity date from May 5, 2025 to May 5, 2026 and, after giving effect to $65.0 million in commitments that
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matured on May 5, 2022, increased the total revolving commitments to approximately $7.0 billion as of May 5, 2022. As of May 5, 2022, lenders held revolving commitments totaling approximately $6.5 billion that mature on May 5, 2026, commitments totaling $132.5 million that mature on May 5, 2025 and commitments totaling $400.0 million that mature on May 5, 2023. The amended Revolving Credit Facility also replaced LIBOR with Term SOFR as the benchmark interest rate and made certain conforming changes related thereto. As a result of the amendment, borrowings under the amended Revolving Credit Facility accrue interest at Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility) , plus a margin of 1.05% per year subject to increases or decreases based on declines or improvements in the credit ratings for the Company’s debt.

The Revolving Credit Facility provides for certain covenants, including covenants that limit our subsidiaries’ ability to incur, create, or assume certain unsecured indebtedness in an aggregate amount over $100.0 million, and our subsidiaries’ abilities to engage in certain mergers, consolidations, and asset sales. The Revolving Credit Facility also requires us to comply with certain financial maintenance covenants including minimum consolidated shareholders’ equity, minimum consolidated unencumbered assets, and an interest coverage test. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility contains customary events of default. In the case of an event of default, the lenders may terminate the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility and require immediate repayment of all outstanding borrowings.

Other Debt Financings

From time to time, we enter into other debt financings such as unsecured term financings and secured term financings, including export credit. As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance on other debt financings was $335.4 million and we had pledged three aircraft as collateral with a net book value of $219.7 million. As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding balance on other debt financings was $312.0 million and we had pledged three aircraft as collateral with a net book value of $222.2 million.

Preferred equity

The following table summarizes our preferred stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 (in thousands, except for share amounts and percentages):

Shares Issued and Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 Carrying Value
as of March 31, 2022		 Issue Date Dividend Rate in Effect at March 31, 2022 Next dividend rate reset date Dividend rate after reset date
Series A 10,000,000  $ 250,000  March 5, 2019 6.150  % March 15, 2024
3M LIBOR plus 3.65%
Series B 300,000  300,000  March 2, 2021 4.650  % June 15, 2026
5 Yr U.S. Treasury plus 4.076%
Series C 300,000  300,000  October 13, 2021 4.125  % December 15, 2026
5 Yr U.S. Treasury plus 3.149%
Total Preferred Stock 10,600,000  $ 850,000 

For more information regarding our preferred stock issued and outstanding, see Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part III, Item 15 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The following table summarizes the cash dividends that we paid during the three months ended March 31, 2022 on our outstanding Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock:

Payment Date
Title of each class March 15, 2022
(in thousands)
Series A Preferred Stock $3,844
Series B Preferred Stock $3,487
Series C Preferred Stock $3,094

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Off‑balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not established any unconsolidated entities for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or for other contractually narrow or limited purposes. We have, however, from time to time established subsidiaries or trusts for the purpose of leasing aircraft or facilitating borrowing arrangements which are consolidated.

We have non-controlling interests in two investment funds in which we own 9.5% of the equity of each fund. We account for our interest in these funds under the equity method of accounting due to our level of influence and involvement in the funds. Also, we manage aircraft that we have sold through our Thunderbolt platform. In connection with the sale of these aircraft portfolios through our Thunderbolt platform, we hold non-controlling interests of approximately 5.0% in two entities. These investments are accounted for under the cost method of accounting.

Impact of LIBOR Transition

On March 5, 2021, the Chief Executive of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, publicly announced that no new contracts using U.S. dollar LIBOR should be entered into after December 31, 2021, and that publication of certain tenors of U.S. dollar LIBOR (including overnight and one, three, six and 12 months) will permanently cease after June 30, 2023. In the United States, efforts to identify a set of alternative U.S. dollar reference interest rates are ongoing, and the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (“ARRC”) has recommended the use of a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”). SOFR is different from LIBOR in that it is a backward-looking secured rate rather than a forward-looking unsecured rate. For cash products and loans, the ARRC has also recommended Term SOFR, which is a forward-looking SOFR based on SOFR futures and may in part reduce differences between SOFR and LIBOR.

As of March 31, 2022, we had approximately $0.9 billion of floating rate debt outstanding that used either one or three-month LIBOR as the applicable reference rate to calculate the interest on such debt, of which $80.5 million is set to mature after June 30, 2023. Additionally, our perpetual Series A Preferred Stock is set to accrue dividends at a floating rate determined by reference to three-month LIBOR, if available, beginning March 15, 2024. While all of our agreements governing LIBOR-linked debt obligations and Series A Preferred Stock obligations that are set to mature after June 30, 2023 contain LIBOR transition fallback provisions, the lack of a standard market practice and inconsistency in fallback provisions in recent years is reflected across the agreements governing our floating rate debt and Series A Preferred Stock. For our Series A Preferred Stock, if we determine there is no such alternative reference rate, then we must select an independent financial advisor to determine a substitute rate for LIBOR, and if an independent financial advisor cannot determine an alternative reference rate, the dividend rate, business day convention and manner of calculating dividends applicable during the fixed-rate period of the Series A Preferred Stock will be in effect.

In April 2022, we amended and extended our Revolving Credit Facility through an amendment that, among other things, replaced LIBOR with Term SOFR as the benchmark interest rate. After that amendment, borrowings under the amended Revolving Credit Facility accrue interest at Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility), plus a margin of 1.05% per year subject to increases or decreases based on declines or improvements in the credit ratings for our debt.

The implementation of a substitute reference rate for the calculation of interest rates under our LIBOR linked debt and Series A Preferred Stock obligations may cause us to incur expenses in effecting the transition and may result in disputes with our lenders or holders of Series A Preferred Stock over the appropriateness or comparability to LIBOR of the substitute reference rate selected. However, we do not expect the LIBOR transition impact will have a material effect on our financial results based on our anticipated LIBOR linked outstanding debt and Series A Preferred Stock at June 30, 2023.

If the rate used to calculate interest on our outstanding floating rate debt that as of March 31, 2022, used LIBOR and our Series A Preferred Stock were to increase by 1.0% either as a result of an increase in LIBOR or the result of the use of an alternative reference rate determined under the fallback provisions in the applicable debt agreement when LIBOR is discontinued, we would expect to incur additional interest expense and preferred dividends of $8.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively on such indebtedness and our Series A Preferred Stock as of March 31, 2022 on an annualized basis.



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Credit Ratings

In March 2022, Kroll Bond Ratings reaffirmed our issuer and long term debt ratings and upgraded our outlook from negative to stable. In April 2022, Standard and Poor’s reaffirmed our issuer and long term debt ratings and outlook. Our investment-grade corporate and long-term debt credit ratings help us to lower our cost of funds and broaden our access to attractively priced capital. The following table summarizes our current credit ratings:

Rating Agency Long-term Debt Corporate Rating Outlook Date of Last Ratings Action
Kroll Bond Ratings
 A- A- Stable March 25, 2022
Standard and Poor's
 BBB BBB Stable April 21, 2022
Fitch Ratings
 BBB BBB Stable July 1, 2021

While a ratings downgrade would not result in a default under any of our debt agreements, it could adversely affect our ability to issue debt and obtain new financings, or renew existing financings, and it would increase the cost of our financings.

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Results of Operations

The following table presents our historical operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages):
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Revenues
Rental of flight equipment $ 566,554  $ 468,095 
Aircraft sales, trading and other 30,107  6,732 
Total revenues 596,661  474,827 
Expenses
Interest 117,277  117,986 
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 13,198  12,025 
Interest expense 130,475  130,011 
Depreciation of flight equipment 235,308  208,965 
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352  — 
Selling, general and administrative 32,762  26,914 
Stock-based compensation (2,523) 5,408 
Total expenses 1,198,374  371,298 
(Loss)/income before taxes (601,713) 103,529 
Income tax benefit/(expense) 132,720  (19,437)
Net (loss)/income $ (468,993) $ 84,092 
Preferred stock dividends (10,425) (3,844)
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders $ (479,418) $ 80,248 
(Loss)/earnings per share of common stock
Basic $ (4.21) $ 0.70 
Diluted $ (4.21) $ 0.70 
Other financial data
Pre-tax margin (100.8) % 21.8  %
Pre-tax return on common equity (trailing twelve months) (3.5) % 9.9  %
Adjusted net income before income taxes(1)
 $ 200,889  $ 117,118 
Adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes(1)
 $ 1.76  $ 1.03 
Adjusted pre-tax margin(1)
 33.7  % 24.7  %
Adjusted pre-tax return on common equity (trailing twelve months)(1)
 11.8  % 11.0  %
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(1)Adjusted net income before income taxes (defined as net income available to common stockholders excluding the effects of certain non-cash items, one-time or non-recurring items, such as write-offs of our Russian fleet, that are not expected to continue in the future and certain other items), adjusted pre-tax margin (defined as adjusted net income before income taxes divided by total revenues), adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes (defined as adjusted net income before income taxes divided by the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding) and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity (defined as adjusted net income before income taxes divided by average common shareholders’ equity) are measures of operating performance that are not defined by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income available to common stockholders, pre-tax margin, earnings per share, diluted earnings per share and pre-tax return on common equity, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common
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equity are presented as supplemental disclosure because management believes they provide useful information on our earnings from ongoing operations.

Management and our board of directors use adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity to assess our consolidated financial and operating performance. Management believes these measures are helpful in evaluating the operating performance of our ongoing operations and identifying trends in our performance, because they remove the effects of certain non-cash items, one-time or non-recurring items that are not expected to continue in the future and certain other items from our operating results. Adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity, however, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results or cash flows as reported under GAAP. Adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity do not reflect our cash expenditures or changes in our cash requirements for our working capital needs. In addition, our calculation of adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity may differ from the adjusted net income before income taxes, adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes and adjusted pre-tax return on common equity, or analogous calculations of other companies in our industry, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.

The following table shows the calculation for adjusted pre-tax margin (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Reconciliation of the numerator for adjusted pre-tax margin (net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders to adjusted net income before income taxes):
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders
 $ (479,418) $ 80,248
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 13,198 12,025
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352 —
Stock-based compensation (2,523) 5,408
Provision for income taxes (132,720) 19,437
Adjusted net income before income taxes $ 200,889 $ 117,118
Denominator for adjusted pre-tax margin:
Total revenues $ 596,661 $ 474,827
Adjusted pre-tax margin(a)
 33.7  % 24.7  %
(a) Adjusted pre-tax margin is adjusted net income before income taxes divided by total revenues
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The following table shows the calculation of adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Reconciliation of the numerator for adjusted diluted earnings per share (net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders to adjusted net income before income taxes):
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders $ (479,418) $ 80,248 
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 13,198  12,025 
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352  — 
Stock-based compensation (2,523) 5,408 
Provision for income taxes (132,720) 19,437 
Adjusted net income before income taxes $ 200,889  $ 117,118 
Denominator for adjusted diluted earnings per share:
Weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding 113,894,867  114,237,109 
Potentially dilutive securities, whose effect would have been anti-dilutive 249,781  — 
Adjusted weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding 114,144,648  114,237,109 
Adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes(b)
 $ 1.76  $ 1.03 
(b) Adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes is adjusted net income before income taxes divided by weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding

The following table shows the calculation of adjusted pre-tax return on common equity (in thousands, except percentages):
Trailing Twelve Months 
March 31,
2022 2021
(unaudited)
Reconciliation of the numerator for adjusted pre-tax return on common equity (net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders to adjusted net income before income taxes):
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders $ (151,507) $ 447,830
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 51,793 44,522
Write-off of Russian fleet 802,352 —
Stock-based compensation 18,585 18,607
Provision for income taxes (47,773) 115,330
Adjusted net income before income taxes $ 673,450 $ 626,289
Denominator for adjusted pre-tax return on common equity:
Common shareholders’ equity as of beginning of the period $ 5,878,212 $ 5,486,369
Common shareholders’ equity as of end of the period $ 5,519,585 $ 5,878,212
Average common shareholders’ equity $ 5,698,899 $ 5,682,291
Adjusted pre-tax return on common equity(c)
 11.8  % 11.0  %
(c) Adjusted pre-tax return on common equity is adjusted net income before income taxes divided by average common shareholders’ equity
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Three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021

Rental revenue

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded $566.6 million in rental revenue, which included overhaul revenue, net of amortization expense related to initial direct costs of $39.7 million, as compared to $468.1 million, which included amortization expense related to initial direct costs, net of overhaul revenue of $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our owned fleet increased to 370 aircraft with a net book value of $22.3 billion as of March 31, 2022 from 342 aircraft with a net book value of $20.8 billion as of March 31, 2021. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the growth in our fleet, significantly lower cash basis and lease restructuring losses, and the recognition of approximately $41.7 million in end of lease revenue resulting from the termination of our leasing activities in Russia. Finally, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, our cash basis and lease restructuring losses were $10.6 million in the aggregate, as compared to $85.7 million in the aggregate for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Aircraft sales, trading and other revenue

Aircraft sales, trading and other revenue totaled $30.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to $6.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded $17.9 million in forfeiture of security deposit income from the termination of our leasing activities in Russia. In addition, we recorded $4.4 million in gains from three sales-type lease transactions during the first quarter of 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we did not have any forfeiture of security deposit income.

Interest expense

Interest expense totaled $130.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to $130.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our interest expense remained flat despite the increase in our average debt balance, which was offset by a decline in our composite cost of funds. As we expect to enter into a rising interest rate environment, accordingly, we expect our interest expense will increase as our average debt balance outstanding and our composite cost of funds increases in the future.

Depreciation expense

We recorded $235.3 million in depreciation expense of flight equipment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to $209.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021, is primarily attributable to the growth of our fleet during the last twelve months. We expect our depreciation expense to increase as we continue to add aircraft to our fleet.

Write-off of Russian fleet

As further described above under “Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict”, in response to the sanctions against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia, in March 2022 we terminated all of our leasing activities in Russia, including 24 aircraft in our owned fleet and eight aircraft in our managed fleet. As of May 5, 2022, 21 aircraft in our owned fleet and six aircraft in our managed fleet remain in Russia. Most of the operators of these aircraft have continued to fly the aircraft notwithstanding the termination of leasing activities and our repeated demands for the return of our assets. While we maintain title to the 21 aircraft, we determined that it is unlikely we will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia. As such, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a write-off of our interests in our owned and managed fleet that remain in Russia, totaling approximately $802.4 million. We are vigorously pursuing insurance claims to recover losses related to these aircraft. Collection, timing and amounts of any insurance recoveries is currently uncertain; however, once we determine that collectability is probable, we will record insurance recoveries at that time. We did not record any asset write-offs during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Stock-based compensation

We recorded a net reversal of stock-based compensation expense of $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to stock-based compensation expense of $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The decrease in stock-based compensation relates to reductions in the underlying vesting estimates of certain book value RSUs as the performance criteria is no longer being considered probable of being achieved.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses

We recorded selling, general and administrative expenses of $32.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to $26.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily due to the increase in business activity and increased expenses related to transition of aircraft. Selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of total revenue decreased to 5.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to 5.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, we reported an effective tax rate exclusive of any discrete items of 19.3% and 18.8%, respectively. Due primarily to discrete items related to the write-off of our Russian fleet, we reported an overall effective tax rate of 22.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we reported consolidated net loss attributable to common stockholders of $479.4 million, or loss of $4.21 per diluted share, compared to a consolidated net income attributable to common stockholders of $80.2 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Despite the growth of our fleet, our net income attributable to common stockholders and diluted earnings per share decreased due to the impact of the write-off of our Russian fleet.

Adjusted net income before income taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded adjusted net income before income taxes of $200.9 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, compared to an adjusted net income before income taxes of $117.1 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our adjusted net income before income taxes and adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes increased for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, primarily due to the continued growth of our fleet and the increase in revenues as discussed above.

Adjusted net income before income taxes and adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes are measures of financial and operational performance that are not defined by GAAP. See Note 1 under the “Results of Operations” table above for a discussion of adjusted net income before income taxes and adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes as non-GAAP measures and reconciliation of these measures to net income available to common stockholders.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our critical accounting estimates reflecting management’s estimates and judgments are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We have reviewed recently adopted accounting pronouncements and determined that the adoption of such pronouncements is not expected to have a material impact, if any, on our Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, there have been no material changes to critical accounting estimates in the three months ended March 31, 2022.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk represents the risk of changes in value of a financial instrument, caused by fluctuations in interest rates and foreign exchange rates. Changes in these factors could cause fluctuations in our results of operations and cash flows. We are exposed to the market risks described below.

Interest Rate Risk

The nature of our business exposes us to market risk arising from changes in interest rates. Changes, both increases and decreases, in our cost of borrowing, as reflected in our composite interest rate, directly impact our net income. Our lease rental stream is generally fixed over the life of our leases, whereas we have used floating-rate debt to finance a significant portion of our aircraft acquisitions. While our floating-rate debt balances have continued to decrease in recent years, we do have some exposure to changing interest rates as a result of our floating-rate debt. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $892.9 million and $895.4 million in floating-rate debt outstanding, respectively. Additionally, we have outstanding preferred stock with an aggregate stated amount of $850.0 million that currently pays dividends at a fixed rate, but will alternate to paying dividends based on a floating rate or
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be reset to a new fixed rate based on the then-applicable floating rate, after five years from initial issuance. If interest rates increase, we would be obligated to make higher interest payments to our lenders, and eventually, higher dividend payments to the holders of our preferred stock. If we incur significant fixed-rate debt in the future, increased interest rates prevailing in the market at the time of the incurrence of such debt would also increase our interest expense. If our composite interest rate was to increase by 1.0%, we would expect to incur additional interest expense on our existing indebtedness of approximately $8.9 million and $9.0 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, each on an annualized basis, which would put downward pressure on our operating margins.

We also have interest rate risk on our forward lease placements. This is caused by us setting a fixed lease rate in advance of the delivery date of an aircraft. The delivery date is when a majority of the financing for an aircraft is arranged. We partially mitigate the risk of an increasing interest rate environment between the lease signing date and the delivery date of the aircraft by having interest rate adjusters in a majority of our forward lease contracts which would adjust the final lease rate upward if certain benchmark interest rates are higher at the time of delivery of the aircraft than at the lease signing date.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

We attempt to minimize currency and exchange risks by entering into aircraft purchase agreements and a majority of lease agreements and debt agreements with U.S. dollars as the designated payment currency. Thus, most of our revenue and expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. Approximately 0.3% and 0.5% of our lease revenues were denominated in foreign currency as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. As our principal currency is the U.S. dollar, fluctuations in the U.S. dollar as compared to other major currencies should not have a significant impact on our future operating results.

In December 2019, we issued C$400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% notes due 2024. We effectively hedged our foreign currency exposure on this transaction through a cross-currency swap that converts the borrowing rate to a fixed 2.535% U.S. dollar denominated rate. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional details on the fair value of the swap.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (collectively, the “Certifying Officers”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives as the Company’s controls are designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the risk related to controls and procedures.

We have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Certifying Officers, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of March 31, 2022. Based on that evaluation, our Certifying Officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at March 31, 2022.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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From time to time, we may be involved in litigation and claims incidental to the conduct of our business in the ordinary course. Our industry is also subject to scrutiny by government regulators, which could result in enforcement proceedings or litigation related to regulatory compliance matters. We are not presently a party to any enforcement proceedings or litigation related to regulatory compliance matters or material legal proceedings. We maintain insurance policies in amounts and with the coverage and deductibles we believe are adequate, based on the nature and risks of our business, historical experience and industry standards.


ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Other than stated below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those discussed under “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the impact of sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and others has adversely affected our business and financial condition, results and cash flows through our termination of our leasing activities in Russia and our inability to repossess and therefore re-lease aircraft and may continue to have an impact on our business, including through increased fuel costs that may impact our lessee’s financial condition.

In connection with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and others have imposed, and may continue to impose, economic sanctions and export controls against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia. These sanctions include closures of airspace for aircraft operated by Russian airlines, bans on the leasing or sale of aircraft to Russian controlled entities, bans on the export and re-export of aircraft and aircraft components to Russian controlled entities or for use in Russia, and corresponding prohibitions on providing technical assistance, brokering services, insurance and reinsurance, as well as financing or financial assistance.

In response to the sanctions, in March 2022 we terminated all of our leasing activities in Russia, consisting of 24 aircraft in our owned fleet, eight aircraft in our managed fleet and the leasing activity relating to 29 aircraft that have not yet delivered from our orderbook for which many have been subsequently placed. We also canceled five aircraft in our orderbook that were slated for delivery in Russia. As of May 5, 2022, 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet and six aircraft previously included in our managed fleet were not returned and remain in Russia. Most of the operators of these aircraft have continued to fly the aircraft notwithstanding the termination of leasing activities and our repeated demands for the return of our assets. The 21 aircraft previously included in our owned fleet represented 3.4% of our fleet by net book value as of March 31, 2022. In addition, our future revenues and cash flows have been impacted by the termination of our leasing activities of the aircraft in Russia, which we have reflected in the table presented in Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our future revenues and cash flows may also be negatively impacted to the extent we cannot successfully re-lease the aircraft in our orderbook that were slated for placement with Russian airlines prior to their anticipated delivery dates on similar terms. It is also possible that overall lease rates could be temporarily reduced as a result of increased aircraft supply as lessors attempt to re-lease aircraft previously scheduled for delivery to Russia.

While we maintain title to the aircraft, we determined that it is unlikely we will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia. As a result, we recorded a write-off of our interests in our owned and managed aircraft that remain in Russia, totaling approximately $802.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Our lessees are primarily structured as triple net leases, whereby the lessee is responsible for all operating costs, including insurance. We are vigorously pursuing insurance claims to recover losses relating to our aircraft that remain in Russia. Collection, timing and amounts of any insurance recoveries is currently uncertain.

Prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we did not have any aircraft on lease in Belarus and had one aircraft on lease in Ukraine, which is currently located outside of Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has also impacted global macroeconomic conditions, including causing increases in fuel prices which may continue. Similarly, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has additionally created extreme volatility in the global capital markets and is expected to have further global economic consequences, including disruptions of the global supply chain. Any such volatility and disruptions may have adverse consequences on us or the third parties on whom we rely. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate as a result of the conflict, it may make any debt or equity financing more difficult to obtain in a timely manner or on favorable terms, more costly or more dilutive. We cannot predict any future impacts that may occur as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including further sanctions, embargoes, regional instability, geopolitical shifts, the inability to obtain insurance coverage consistent with historical policies, or changes in fuel costs, interest rates, foreign currency, inflation, or other operating costs, such as increased insurance costs, manufacturing costs and raw materials costs. These factors could cause our lessees
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to incur higher costs and to generate lower revenues which could adversely affect their ability to make lease payments. In addition, lease default levels will likely increase over time if economic conditions deteriorate.


ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On February 15, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $150.0 million of outstanding shares of our Class A common stock (the “2022 Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the 2022 Repurchase Program, which expired in April 2022 upon the repurchase of shares up to the authorized amount, could be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers, block purchases, structured or derivative transactions such as puts, calls, options, forwards, collars, accelerated share repurchase transactions (with or without collars), other equity contracts, or other methods of acquiring shares, in each case subject to market conditions and at such times as shall be permitted by applicable securities laws and determined by management. Repurchases under the 2022 Repurchase Program could also be made pursuant to a plan adopted under Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The 2022 Repurchase Program could be modified, discontinued or suspended at any time.

The following table provides information about our purchases of our Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2022:
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Maximum Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in thousands)
January 1-31, 2022 —  $ —  —  $ 150,000 
February 1-28, 2022 27,618  44.71  27,618  $ 148,765 
March 1-31, 2022 2,931,840 43.76 2,931,840 $ 20,454 
Total January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022 2,959,458 $ 43.77  2,959,458

In April 2022, we repurchased an additional 461,416 shares of our Class A common stock under the 2022 Repurchase Program at an average price of $44.33 per share. Such repurchases completed the repurchase of the entire $150.0 million of outstanding shares authorized under the 2022 Repurchase Program. The 2022 Repurchase Program terminated in April 2022 upon completion of such repurchases.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number Exhibit Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date
3.1 S-1 333-171734 3.1 January 14, 2011
3.2 8-K 001-35121 3.1 March 27, 2018
3.3 8-A 001-35121 3.2 March 4, 2019
3.4 8-K 001-35121 3.1 March 2, 2021
3.5 8-K 001-35121 3.1 October 13, 2021
4.1 10-Q 001-35121 4.1 November 4, 2021
10.1† Filed herewith
10.2† Filed herewith
10.3† Filed herewith
10.4† Filed herewith
10.5† Filed herewith
10.6† Filed herewith
10.7† Filed herewith
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10.9† Filed herewith
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