Quik Flight Looking To Expand

December 8, 2004

Albany, NY Chandler Atkins, President of Quik Flight, LLC an air charter/air ambulance company based at Albany International Airport, announced today that Quik Flight is looking for investors to help them expand. Quik Flight would like to add Jet aircraft charter and ambulance service in the Albany area to reduce the costs of private air service for business, leisure and medical customers. Currently, there is no private jet service out of Albany International Airport for individuals, companies or hospitals except for fractional jet ownership. This means that aircraft has to be flown into the Capital District from outside the area to transport individuals when their moments count. This adds relocation costs that can double or triple the normal cost of private air charter or air ambulance service.

For instance, an air ambulance flight performed by Quik Flight in August from Albany International Airport to Dulles International in Washington DC cost $5,300 when the next closest bid was $15,000 simply because Quik Flight is local. Another example in November, Quik Flight performed a trip from Albany International for a patient from Albany Med for $4,100. This came after Albany Med rejected the first bid of $33,000 and a second bid for $11,000. "I am proud of the fact that we are helping to drive down the cost of health care for our community," said Atkins. Atkins believes, "our communities need safe, reliable and affordable private air transportation to help our region grow and prosper whether it is through Albany Med's reinstated heart transplant program, transporting a child to Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, assisting nanotech executives in need of travel to sister locations or promoting our natural tourist attractions."

Quik Flight has a goal at this time to bring an aircraft under management every six months. Currently operating with a Cheyenne I twin-engine turboprop jet, Atkins says, "They have demand for up to two mid size jets for air ambulance, one mid size jet for air charter and one heavy jet for air charter." The air ambulance jets would be used for flights between Florida and the Northeast as well as international flights to Europe and Canada. The mid size jet for air charter would be used for destinations of up to 1500 miles such Florida, Texas or the mid West while the heavy jet such as a Falcon or Gulfstream could be used for coast-to-coast travel. Planes positioned in Albany would be ideally suited for customers in Boston, Hartford, NYC, NJ, Philadelphia and Toronto. "These are the towns we have to go to get aircraft for Albany customers, why not send our planes to these customers and make money for our local investors," cites Atkins. After these goals have been meet Quik Flight will begin to look into the light jet market that is emerging in 2006 to transport the flow of customers now moving into air charter who have been looking for alternatives to commercial airline travel for a variety of reasons.

Quik Flight, LLC began operations in Glens Falls, NY in the fall of 2002. Quik Flight moved to Schenectady in 2003 and in March of 2004 moved to Albany International Airport. Quik Flight performed their first air ambulance trip on Easter of 2004. They may be reached at 16 Jetway Drive, Albany, NY 12211 or by phone at 518-869-8000. For more information their web site is www.quikflight.com.