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DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
6 ¼% Senior Notes due 2022 | $ | 401,535 |  |  | $ | 450,000 |
Term Loan | 222,179 |  |  | 226,604 |
3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038, including $0.9 million and $5.1 million of unamortized discount, respectively | 114,109 |  |  | 109,904 |
Revolving Credit Facility | 83,800 |  |  | 24,000 |
Airnorth debt | 23,119 |  |  | — |
Eastern Airways debt | 19,680 |  |  | 29,911 |
Other debt | — |  |  | 883 |
Total debt | 864,422 |  |  | 841,302 |
Less short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt | (18,730 | ) |  | (14,207 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 845,692 |  |  | $ | 827,095 |
Convertible Debt [Table Text Block] | The balances of the debt and equity components of the 3% Convertible Senior Notes as of each period presented are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2014
Equity component – net carrying value | $ | 14,905 |  |  | $ | 14,905 |
Debt component: |  |  |
Face amount due at maturity | $ | 115,000 |  |  | $ | 115,000 |
Unamortized discount | (891 | ) |  | (5,096 | )
Debt component – net carrying value | $ | 114,109 |  |  | $ | 109,904 |
Schedule Of Convertible Debt Interest Expense [Table Text Block] | Interest expense related to our 3% Convertible Senior Notes for fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Contractual coupon interest | $ | 3,450 |  |  | $ | 3,450 |  |  | $ | 3,450 |
Amortization of debt discount | 4,205 |  |  | 3,708 |  |  | 3,597 |
Total interest expense | $ | 7,655 |  |  | $ | 7,158 |  |  | $ | 7,047 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Aggregate annual maturities (which excludes unamortized discount of $1.3 million) for all debt for the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal year ending March 31 |
2016 | $ | 18,730 |
2017 | 30,945 |
2018 | 26,480 |
2019 | 35,994 |
2020 | 228,755 |
Thereafter | 524,853 |
| $ | 865,757 |

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