COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Aircraft Purchase Contracts Table

	Nine Months Ending March 31, 2014		Fiscal Year Ending March 31,
			2015		2016		2017		2018 and thereafter		Total
Commitments as of July 11, 2013: (1)(2)
Number of aircraft:
Medium	9		5		—		—		—		14
Large (3)	11		7		7		1		—		26
SAR configured	—		10		8		—		—		18
	20		22		15		1		—		58
Related expenditures (in thousands)(4)(5)
Medium and large	$	318,197	$	177,456	$	87,332	$	13,771	$	—	$	596,756
SAR configured	151,337		172,483		113,079		—		—		436,899
	$	469,534	$	349,939	$	200,411	$	13,771	$	—	$	1,033,655
Options as of July 11, 2013: (3)
Number of aircraft:
Medium	1		8		9		5		3		26
Large (3)	—		9		12		15		8		44
	1		17		21		20		11		70
Related expenditures (in thousands)(4)	$	114,341	$	392,553	$	399,476	$	372,541	$	134,555	$	1,413,466

Rollforward schedule of aircraft purchase orders and options

	July 1 to		Three Months Ended
	July 11, 2013		June 30, 2013
	Orders	Options	Orders		Options
Beginning of period	47	70	45		70
Aircraft delivered	—	—	(5	)	—
Aircraft ordered	11	—	7		—
End of period	58	70	47		70

Aircraft Lease Table

End of Lease Term	Number of Aircraft	Monthly Lease Payments (in thousands)
Nine months ending March 31, 2014 to fiscal year 2015	3	$	224
Fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2018	17	3,523
Fiscal year 2019 to fiscal year 2024	16	1,485
	36	$	5,232