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DEBT (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of debt | Debt as of September 30 and March 31, 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  |  | September 30, 2015 |  | March 31, 2015 |
| 6¼% Senior Notes due 2022 |  | $ | 401,535 |  |  | $ | 401,535 |  |
| Term Loan |  | 342,611 |  |  | 222,179 |  |
| Revolving Credit Facility |  | 223,800 |  |  | 83,800 |  |
| Airnorth debt |  | 20,839 |  |  | 23,119 |  |
| Eastern Airways debt |  | 14,595 |  |  | 19,680 |  |
| 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038, including zero and $0.9 million of unamortized discount, respectively |  | — |  |  | 114,109 |  |
| Total debt |  | 1,003,380 |  |  | 864,422 |  |
| Less short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt |  | (30,041 | ) |  | (18,730 | ) |
| Total long-term debt |  | $ | 973,339 |  |  | $ | 845,692 |  |
Schedule of convertible debt | The balances of the debt and equity components of the 3% Convertible Senior Notes as of each period are as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | September 30, 2015 |  | March 31, 2015 |
| Equity component – net carrying value |  | $ | 14,905 |  |  | $ | 14,905 |  |
| Debt component: |  |  |  |  |
| Face amount due at maturity |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 115,000 |  |
| Unamortized discount |  | — |  |  | (891 | ) |
| Debt component – net carrying value |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 114,109 |  |
Schedule of convertible debt interest expense | Interest expense related to our 3% Convertible Senior Notes for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Six Months Ended September 30, |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
| Contractual coupon interest |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 863 |  |  | $ | 725 |  |  | $ | 1,726 |  |
| Amortization of debt discount |  | — |  |  | 1,048 |  |  | 891 |  |  | 2,067 |  |
| Total interest expense |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 1,911 |  |  | $ | 1,616 |  |  | $ | 3,793 |  |

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