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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;3, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 6pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>AIR LEASE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>27-1840403</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>of incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2000
Avenue of the Stars, Suite&nbsp;1000N</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90067</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(310)&nbsp;553-0555</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></DIV>

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<DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 6pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Amended and Restated
Air Lease Corporation<BR>
2010 Equity Incentive Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>John L. Plueger</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>President &#038; Chief Operating Officer</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Air Lease Corporation</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 Avenue of the
Stars, Suite&nbsp;1000N</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90067</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(310)&nbsp;553-0555</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Grant A. Levy</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Robert B. Knauss, Esq.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Executive Vice President, General</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Mark H. Kim, Esq.</B>
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Counsel &#038; Secretary</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Munger, Tolles &#038; Olson LLP</B>
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Air Lease Corporation</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor</B>
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2000 Avenue of the Stars,
Suite&nbsp;1000N</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90071</B>
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90067</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(213)&nbsp;683-9100</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(310)&nbsp;553-0555</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, to be issued under the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,817,180</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$27.95(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$134,640,181</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15,632</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, to be issued under the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,375,908(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$20.39(4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$68,838,160</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$7,993</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement covers shares of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Class A Common Stock&#148;), issuable
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;),
and any additional shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of
any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high
and low prices for a share of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on June&nbsp;2, 2011.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents shares of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
stock options outstanding under the Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee on the basis of $20.39 per share, the weighted average exercise
price (rounded to the nearest cent) of stock  options outstanding under the Plan.</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Part&#160;II<BR>
    Information required in the registration statement</FONT></B>
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    <B>Incorporation of documents by reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
The following documents, which have been previously filed with the U.S.&nbsp;Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) by Air Lease Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;19, 2011 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File
No.&nbsp;333-171734), and as declared effective on April&nbsp;8, 2011, except with respect to the financial
statements included therein, including the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
dated February&nbsp;21, 2011, except for Note 13, as to which the date is April&nbsp;4, 2011; and the
financial statements, including the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated
February&nbsp;21, 2011, except for Note 13, as to which the date is April&nbsp;25, 2011, included in the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-173817) filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;29, 2011.
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(b)     The description of the Registrant&#146;s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, set
forth in the Registrant&#146;s  Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-35121) filed with the SEC on
April 4, 2011 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and
as declared effective on April 8, 2011, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and
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(c)     The Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2011.
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All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the effectiveness of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</div>

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    <TD nowrap>
    <B>Item 4.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B>Description of securities.</B>
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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Not applicable.
</DIV>



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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap>
    <B>Item 5.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B>Interests of named experts and counsel.</B>
</TD>
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Not applicable.
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    <TD nowrap>
    <B>Item 6.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B>Indemnification of directors and officers.</B>
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Section&#160;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
    (&#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a corporation to provide in its
    certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
    will not be personally liable to the corporation or its
    stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
    as a director, except where the director breached the duty of
    loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
    misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment
    of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of
    Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>



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    The Registrant&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation provides for this
    limitation of liability.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Section&#160;145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may
    indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
    be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
    suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
    investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
    corporation by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
    officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
    serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
    officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
    joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses
    (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
    paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
    connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in
    good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
    not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
    respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
    cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. </div>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
Section&#160;145
    further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any
    such person serving in any such capacity who was or is a party
    or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
    or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
    corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
    fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
    the corporation
    or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
    director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
    partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
    expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
    reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement
    of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner
    he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
    interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
    shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
    which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
    corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
    Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or
    suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
    the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
    circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
    entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court
    of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated bylaws provide for the indemnification
    of  its officers and directors  consistent with
    Section&#160;145 of the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The indemnification rights set forth above are not exclusive of
    any other right which an indemnified person may have or
    hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of our restated
    certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws,
    agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise. The
Registrant
    also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
    that generally provide for mandatory indemnification to the
    fullest extent permitted by law.
</DIV>



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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Delaware law also provides that a corporation may purchase and
    maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
    director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
    or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
    officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
    entity, against any liability asserted against and incurred by
    such person, whether or not the corporation would have the power
    to indemnify such person against such liability. The Registrant
maintains, at
    its expense, an insurance policy that insures its officers and
    directors, subject to customary exclusions and deductions,
    against specified liabilities that may be incurred in those
    capacities.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="10%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap>
    <B>Item 7.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B>Exemption from registration claimed.</B>
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
Not applicable.</div>

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    <TD width="90%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B>Item 8.</B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B>Exhibits.</B>
</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Exhibit<BR>
    </FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>No.</B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>Description</B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Lease Corporation
(Exhibit 3.1)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    3
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .2*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Air Lease Corporation (Exhibit 3.2)
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (Exhibit 4.1)
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
..2*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive
    Plan (Exhibit 10.3)
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
..3*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.4)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
..4*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Option Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.5)
</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    4</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
..5*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Grant Notice for Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
    Units (Exhibit 10.18)
</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    5</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
..1
</TD>


<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Opinion of Munger, Tolles&#160;&#038; Olson LLP
</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    23
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Consent of KPMG LLP
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    23
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Consent of Munger, Tolles&#160;&#038; Olson LLP (included in
    Exhibit&#160;5.1)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    24
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Power of Attorney (included on signature page to Registration Statement)
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">*
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">Incorporated by reference to an
exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-171734) for the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering. The number given in the parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.


    </FONT></TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Item&#160;9.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Undertakings.</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;

</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
<I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
    Securities Act of 1933&#160;may be permitted to directors,
    officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
    the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
    advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
    event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
    (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
    or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
    registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
    proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
    person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
    has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
    appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
    indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
    the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
    issue.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Los Angeles, state of California, on
June&nbsp;3, 2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><B>AIR LEASE CORPORATION</B></TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John L. Plueger</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: John L. Plueger
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title: President &#038; Chief Operating Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman"><B>Power of Attorney</B></FONT></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Steven F.
Udvar-H&#225;zy, John L. Plueger and Grant A. Levy, and each of them acting individually, as his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
execute for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 as the
attorney-in-fact and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents required
in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and their substitutes, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Steven
F. Udvar-H&#225;zy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Steven
F. Udvar-H&#225;zy</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;James
C. Clarke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;James
C. Clarke</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Gregory
B. Willis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Gregory
B. Willis</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Steven
F. Udvar-H&#225;zy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Steven
F. Udvar-H&#225;zy</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;John
L. Plueger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;John
L. Plueger</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;John
G. Danhakl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;John
G. Danhakl</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Matthew
J. Hart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Matthew
J. Hart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Robert
A. Milton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Robert
A. Milton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Michel
M.R.G. P&#233;reti&#233;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Michel
M.R.G. P&#233;reti&#233;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Antony
P. Ressler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Antony
P. Ressler</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Ian
M. Saines
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Ian
M. Saines</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ &nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Ronald
D. Sugar
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;3, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Ronald
D. Sugar</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">EXHIBIT&#160;INDEX</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Exhibit<BR>
    </FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 9pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Description</B>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD colspan="5" align="right" valign="bottom">
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Lease Corporation
(Exhibit 3.1)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .2*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Air Lease Corporation (Exhibit 3.2)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .1*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (Exhibit 4.1)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .2*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive
    Plan (Exhibit 10.3)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    .3*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AIR LEASE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
27-1840403
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
2000
Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 553-0555
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Amended and Restated
Air Lease Corporation
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John L. Plueger
President & Chief Operating Officer
Air Lease Corporation
2000 Avenue of the
Stars, Suite 1000N
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 553-0555
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Grant A. Levy
Robert B. Knauss, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General
Mark H. Kim, Esq.
Counsel & Secretary
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Air Lease Corporation
355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor
2000 Avenue of the Stars,
Suite 1000N
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(213) 683-9100
(310) 553-0555
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Class A
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, to be issued under the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
4,817,180
$27.95(2)
$134,640,181
$15,632
Class A
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, to be issued under the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
3,375,908(3)
$20.39(4)
$68,838,160
$7,993
(1)
This Registration Statement covers shares of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), issuable
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"),
and any additional shares of Class A Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of
any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high
and low prices for a share of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on June 2, 2011.
(3)
Represents shares of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
stock options outstanding under the Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.
(4)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee on the basis of $20.39 per share, the weighted average exercise
price (rounded to the nearest cent) of stock  options outstanding under the Plan.
Part II
Information required in the registration statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of documents by reference.
The following documents, which have been previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by Air Lease Corporation (the "Registrant"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's prospectus filed with the SEC on April 19, 2011 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File
No. 333-171734), and as declared effective on April 8, 2011, except with respect to the financial
statements included therein, including the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
dated February 21, 2011, except for Note 13, as to which the date is April 4, 2011; and the
financial statements, including the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated
February 21, 2011, except for Note 13, as to which the date is April 25, 2011, included in the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-173817) filed with the SEC on April 29, 2011.
(b)     The description of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, set
forth in the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35121) filed with the SEC on
April 4, 2011 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
as declared effective on April 8, 2011, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and
(c)     The Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2011.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the effectiveness of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of named experts and counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of directors and officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
    ("DGCL") allows a corporation to provide in its
    certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
    will not be personally liable to the corporation or its
    stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
    as a director, except where the director breached the duty of
    loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
    misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment
    of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of
    Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation provides for this
    limitation of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may
    indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
    be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
    suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
    investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
    corporation by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
    officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
    serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
    officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
    joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses
    (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
    paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
    connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in
    good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
    not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
    respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
    cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145
    further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any
    such person serving in any such capacity who was or is a party
    or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
    or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
    corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
    fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
    the corporation
    or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
    director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
    partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
    expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
    reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement
    of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner
    he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
    interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
    shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
    which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
    corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
    Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or
    suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
    the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
    circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
    entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court
    of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The Registrant's amended and restated bylaws provide for the indemnification
    of  its officers and directors  consistent with
    Section 145 of the DGCL.
The indemnification rights set forth above are not exclusive of
    any other right which an indemnified person may have or
    hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of our restated
    certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws,
    agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise. The
Registrant
    also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
    that generally provide for mandatory indemnification to the
    fullest extent permitted by law.
Delaware law also provides that a corporation may purchase and
    maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
    director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
    or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
    officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
    entity, against any liability asserted against and incurred by
    such person, whether or not the corporation would have the power
    to indemnify such person against such liability. The Registrant
maintains, at
    its expense, an insurance policy that insures its officers and
    directors, subject to customary exclusions and deductions,
    against specified liabilities that may be incurred in those
    capacities.
Item 7.
Exemption from registration claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
2
Exhibit
No.
Description
3
.1*
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Lease Corporation
(Exhibit 3.1)
3
.2*
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Air Lease Corporation (Exhibit 3.2)
4
.1*
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (Exhibit 4.1)
4
..2*
Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive
    Plan (Exhibit 10.3)
4
..3*
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.4)
4
..4*
Form of Option Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.5)
4
..5*
Form of Grant Notice for Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
    Units (Exhibit 10.18)
5
..1
Opinion of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
23
.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23
.2
Consent of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (included in
    Exhibit 5.1)
24
.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to Registration Statement)
*
Incorporated by reference to an
exhibit filed with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-171734) for the Registrant's initial public offering. The number given in the parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
    Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
    officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
    the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
    advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
    event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
    (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
    or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
    registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
    proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
    person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
    has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
    appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
    indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
    the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
    issue.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Los Angeles, state of California, on
June 3, 2011.
AIR LEASE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ John L. Plueger
Name: John L. Plueger
Title: President & Chief Operating Officer
Power of Attorney
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Steven F.
Udvar-Házy, John L. Plueger and Grant A. Levy, and each of them acting individually, as his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
execute for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 as the
attorney-in-fact and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents required
in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and their substitutes, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Steven
F. Udvar-Házy
Principal Executive Officer
June 3, 2011
Steven
F. Udvar-Házy
/s/  James
C. Clarke
Principal Financial Officer
June 3, 2011
James
C. Clarke
/s/  Gregory
B. Willis
Principal Accounting Officer
June 3, 2011
Gregory
B. Willis
/s/  Steven
F. Udvar-Házy
Director
June 3, 2011
Steven
F. Udvar-Házy
/s/  John
L. Plueger
Director
June 3, 2011
John
L. Plueger
/s/  John
G. Danhakl
Director
June 3, 2011
John
G. Danhakl
/s/  Matthew
J. Hart
Director
June 3, 2011
Matthew
J. Hart
/s/  Robert
A. Milton
Director
June 3, 2011
Robert
A. Milton
/s/  Michel
M.R.G. Péretié
Director
June 3, 2011
Michel
M.R.G. Péretié
/s/  Antony
P. Ressler
Director
June 3, 2011
Antony
P. Ressler
/s/  Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.
Director
June 3, 2011
Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Ian
M. Saines
Director
June 3, 2011
Ian
M. Saines
/s/  Dr. Ronald
D. Sugar
Director
June 3, 2011
Dr. Ronald
D. Sugar
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
3
.1*
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Lease Corporation
(Exhibit 3.1)
3
.2*
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Air Lease Corporation (Exhibit 3.2)
4
.1*
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (Exhibit 4.1)
4
.2*
Amended and Restated Air Lease Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive
    Plan (Exhibit 10.3)
4
.3*
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.4)
4
.4*
Form of Option Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.5)
4
.5*
Form of Grant Notice for Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
    Units (Exhibit 10.18)
5
.1
Opinion of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
23
.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23
.2
Consent of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (included in
    Exhibit 5.1)
24
.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to Registration Statement)
*
Incorporated by reference to an
exhibit filed with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-171734) for the Registrant's initial public offering. The
number given in the parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit
number in such Form S-1.
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