International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) primarily acquires commercial jet aircraft from The Boeing Company (Boeing) and Airbus S.A.S. (Airbus), and leases these aircraft to airlines throughout the world. In addition with the Company’s leasing activity, it sells aircraft from its leased aircraft fleet to other leasing companies, financial services companies and airlines. In some cases, ILFC provides fleet management services to investors and/or owners of aircraft portfolios for a management fee. The Company provides asset value guarantees and loan guarantees to the buyers of aircraft, or to financial institutions for a fee. It also remarkets and sells aircraft owned or managed by others for a fee. As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned 955 jet aircraft, had nine additional aircraft in the fleet classified as finance and sales-type leases and provided fleet management services for 99 aircraft.