AirLiance Materials Promotes Roscoe Musselwhite to Chief Operating Officer.

CHICAGO -- AirLiance Materials announced today that Roscoe Musselwhite has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. In his new position, Musselwhite continues to report to President and CEO David Sisson, assuming responsibility for all aspects of business operations for the company. Most recently, Musselwhite served as AirLiance's Executive Vice President.

"The board was exceptionally pleased to announce Roscoe's appointment to Chief Operating Officer," said Sisson. "Roscoe's effective leadership has been the driving force in building a successful organization and establishing a strategic vision for growth during difficult economic times. As we move forward, his unique blend of international business acumen, creative organizational and technical expertise, and extensive experience in all aspects of aviation management will help us further grow our operations and refine our business model."

Since AirLiance's formation just seven years ago, the company has rapidly grown to become one of the world's largest providers of aircraft material and a leading supply chain partner to many of the world's commercial aircraft operators.

Musselwhite joined AirLiance's management team early in the company's formation as VP of Marketing and Sales and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2000. His contributions to the development of the company as an industry leader are widely acknowledged within the organization.

Prior to joining AirLiance, Mr. Musselwhite was Vice President of Marketing and Engineering at Dexter Tool, West Palm Beach, FL. Mr. Musselwhite's distinguished career has also included program management, technical and marketing positions with the Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies Corporation.

About AirLiance

Formed in 1998 as a joint venture between LHT, UAL and Air Canada, AirLiance Materials is one of the top 3 providers of surplus material to the world's MROs and the exclusive supplier of high-quality, traceable, surplus parts from the three operators to the global air transport industry. Headquartered in a state-of-the-art 187,000 sq. ft. facility located at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, the company offers a wide range of supply chain related aircraft products and services for its customer airlines and maintenance repair organizations. These products and services include material sales, sourcing, repair management services, parts exchanges, parts kitting, AOG and Just-In-Time services. The company supports its customers through an international network of offices and via its unique, real-time e-commerce site www.airliance.com.

For a text version of this release and photo of Mr. Musselwhite, visit the website at www.airliance.com/news. For more information, contact Michael King at King Group:

(p) 805.462.3000, e-mail: [e-mail], or Kimberly Miller at AirLiance Materials:

(p) 847.233.5828, e-mail: [e-mail].