Aircastle Sponsors Haitian Relief Flight

STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aircastle Limited (NYSE: AYR) announced today that it has partnered with Air Canada, The ISTAT Foundation and ONEXONE to sponsor a relief flight to Haiti. The Aircastle B767-300ER on lease to Air Canada departed Toronto with more than 75,000 pounds of food, water, tents and medical supplies. Aircastle CEO Ron Wainshal and a group of Aircastle volunteers joined relief workers on the flight, which also brought more than 100 evacuees back to Canada for medical treatment.

Wainshal commented, "Following the devastating earthquake on January twelfth, the Haitian people remain in urgent need of medical supplies, medical care, food, safe drinking water and shelter.  We are proud to work with our relief partners to help provide these basic necessities."

About Aircastle Limited

Aircastle Limited is a global company that acquires, leases and sells high-utility commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. As of September 30, 2009 Aircastle's aircraft portfolio consisted of 128 aircraft and it had 60 lessees located in 34 countries.

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About Air Canada

Air Canada is Canada's largest full-service airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada.

Air Canada, through its community investment program Kids' Horizons, has committed to undertake a long-term humanitarian project to assist children in Haiti as part of the re-building efforts that will be necessary. For more information, visit www.aircanada.com.

About The ISTAT Foundation

The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foundation (The ISTAT Foundation) was founded in 1994 to provide funds for scholarships, educational programs and grants to qualified individuals and institutions that promote the advancement of commercial aviation and humanitarianism. For more information, visit www.istat.org.

About ONEXONE

ONEXONE is committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home in the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Through its ongoing campaigns, ONEXONE is dedicated to helping create a world where children can live safely and with dignity.  For more information on ONEXONE please visit www.onexone.org.

ONEXONE is working exclusively with Partners in Health (www.pih.org), the largest health care provider in Haiti, to procure and send food to its patients.

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