Aircastle Announces Closing the Purchase and Leaseback of Four Boeing 777-300ERs with LATAM Airlines Group

STAMFORD, Conn., March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Aircastle Limited (“Aircastle” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AYR) announced that it completed the first part of the Company’s previously announced $900 million purchase and leaseback agreement with LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (“LATAM”) for eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Together with the four Boeing 777-300ERs acquired thus far in this transaction, Aircastle acquired a total of eight aircraft with a cost of $715 million during the first quarter of 2014.