Business Services Industry

FirstFlight Appoints Stephen J. Meyer as Senior Vice President of Sales, Increases Charter Sales Staff

Business Wire, March 4, 2008

ELMIRA, N.Y. & CORNING, N.Y. -- FirstFlight, Inc. (OTC BB: FFLT) a charter management and aviation services company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen J. Meyer as Senior Vice President of Sale as well as the addition of several new members to its charter sales team.

Mr. Meyer, age 56, is a former Executive Vice President and major shareholder of Central Sprinkler Corporation. Central Sprinkler was a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of automatic fire sprinkler heads before it was acquired in 1999 by Tyco Industries.

As a pilot, and through his participation in the charter management industry as an owner of several aircraft during his professional career, Mr. Meyer is uniquely positioned to lead FirstFlight's sales and marketing efforts.

John Dow, president and CEO of FirstFlight, stated, "It has been my pleasure to know and work with Steve Meyer for the past several years. We became acquainted because Steve owned aircraft and looked to FirstFlight for its aircraft management capability. With that as a basis, it was Steve's professionalism and integrity that motivated us to work closer together. I look forward to the impact of Steve's discipline and creativity on the charter sales team and across the entire organization."

Joining Steve in the charter sales department are Seth Rothman, Anthony Johns, and David Logalbo. Mr. Rothman will be located in Miami and will focus on Florida and the Southeast US. Mr. Johns will be located in Palm Beach and will also focus on Florida and the Southeast US. Mr. Logalbo will be located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and will focus on Boston and the New England corridor. These sales professionals, with a combined 30 years of aviation experience, will be responsible for charter, management and aircraft acquisitions as well as expanding the Company's aircraft maintenance opportunities in their respective geographies.

"I am excited to work with the FirstFlight team in this new capacity," stated Stephen Meyer. "Seth, Anthony and David are wonderful additions to our current staff of outstanding sales folks in Teterboro, New Jersey. They bring a wealth of experience and will ply their trade in marketplaces that FirstFlight has identified for strategic expansion. With the exceptional fleet of FirstFlight aircraft at our disposal, plus the growth that we are confident will come, we are well-positioned to deliver our sales objectives."

About FirstFlight, Inc.

FirstFlight is an aviation services company. Our operations are conducted in three core segments: aircraft charter management activities, fixed based operations (FBOs), and aircraft maintenance. Charter management is the business of providing on-call passenger air transportation. A fixed base operation is the primary provider of services such as fueling and hangaring of private/general aviation aircraft operators. The aircraft maintenance business is conducted at our FAA-certificated facilities. (www.FFLT.com)

This release may include projections of future results and "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. All statements that are included in this release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although the management of FirstFlight believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there are no assurances that such expectations will prove to have been correct.

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