OCTOBER 17TH, 2015

AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Pricing of $1.0 billion Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes

Amsterdam, Netherlands; October 16, 2015 – AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AER) announced today that AerCap Ireland Capital Limited and AerCap Global Aviation Trust (together, the “Issuers”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, priced their previously announced offering of senior notes, consisting of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). This represents over twice the offering size announced at launch. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and certain other subsidiaries of the Company. The Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from the Notes for general corporate purposes.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. are serving as joint book running managers for the underwritten public offering.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form F-3 with the SEC for the underwritten offering to which this communication relates. The registration statement automatically became effective upon filing on June 22, 2015. Investors should read the accompanying prospectus dated June 22, 2015, the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering dated October 16, 2015 and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. These documents may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at.c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 , by emailing prospectus@citi.com or by calling toll-free at 1-800-831-9146 ; Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, by emailing DCM.originationny@ca-cib.com or by calling toll-free at 1866-807-6030; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department, by emailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com or by calling toll-free at 1-800-294-1322; and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, by emailing prospectus@morganstanley.com or by calling toll-free at 1-866-718-1649.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.