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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                                 CERTIFICATE OF
                  VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND
                            VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER
                             AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
                      PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 201, 301 AND 303
                                OF THE INDENTURE

                                                           Dated:  June 18, 2004

      The undersigned, ALAN H. LUND and PAMELA S. HENDRY, do hereby certify that
they are the duly appointed and acting Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
and Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation (the
"Company"). Each of the undersigned also hereby certifies, pursuant to Sections
201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2000 (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as
amended, that:

      A. There has been established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company (a copy of such resolutions being attached
hereto as Exhibit B) and by a Special Committee of the Board of Directors (a
copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit C) a series of
Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the
Indenture, with the following terms:

            1. The title of the Securities of the series is "4.75% Notes due
      July 1, 2009" (the "Notes").

            2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which
      may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes
      authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in
      exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305,
      306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $500,000,000. The Company may,
      without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional notes
      having the same ranking, interest rate, Stated Maturity, CUSIP number and
      terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, in which event
      such notes and the Notes shall constitute one series for all purposes
      under the Indenture including without limitation, amendments and waivers.

            3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose
      name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular
      Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment,
      except that interest payable on July 1, 2009 shall be payable to the
      persons to whom principal is payable on such date.

            4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless
      accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be July 1, 2009.

            5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be
      4.75% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for the Notes
      shall be June 18, 2004. The interest payment dates on which interest on
      the Notes shall be payable are each January 1 and July 1, commencing
      January 1, 2005, and at maturity. The regular record

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      dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any interest payment date
      shall be the preceding December 15 and June 15, respectively.

            6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the
      Notes shall be payable is at the office of the Trustee, 101 Barclay
      Street, Ground Floor Window, New York, New York 10286, provided that
      payment of interest, other than at Stated Maturity (as defined in the
      Indenture), may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
      the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in
      the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture).

            7. The Notes are not redeemable prior to July 1, 2009.

            8. There is no obligation of the Company to redeem or purchase the
      Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions, or to repay
      any of the Notes prior to Stated Maturity at the option of a holder
      thereof.

            9. The Notes shall be issued as Global Securities (as defined in the
      Indenture) under the Indenture and The Depository Trust Company is hereby
      designated as the Depositary for the Notes under the Indenture.

            10. The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable upon
      declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section
      502 of the Indenture.

            11. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
      360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

            B. The form of the Note is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

            C. The Trustee is appointed as Paying Agent (as defined in the
      Indenture).

      D. The foregoing form and terms of the Notes have been established in
conformity with the provisions of the Indenture.

      E. Each of the undersigned has read the provisions of Sections 301 and 303
of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto and the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and delivered herewith. In the
opinion of each of the undersigned, he or she has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture
relating to the establishment, authentication and delivery of a series of
Securities under the Indenture, designated as the Notes in this Certificate,
have been complied with. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.

      F. The undersigned Assistant Secretary, by execution of this Certificate,
thereby certifies the actions taken by the Special Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company in determining and setting the specific terms of the
Notes, and hereby further certifies that attached hereto as Exhibits A, B and C,
respectively, are the form of certificate representing the Notes as duly
approved by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, a
copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on
June 11, 2003 and a copy

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of resolutions duly adopted by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors
as of June 15, 2004, pursuant to which the terms of the Notes set forth above
have been established.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this
Certificate as of the date first above written.

                                             /s/ Alan H. Lund
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                                          Alan H. Lund
                                          Vice Chairman and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

                                             /s/ Pamela S. Hendry
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                                          Pamela S. Hendry
                                          Vice President, Treasurer and
                                          Assistant Secretary