Memphis, Tennessee – April 23, 2007 – Wilson Air Center – Memphis was recently named as the #1 Corporate Aviation Support Facility in the 2007 Aviation International News survey, making them the only facility ever to be consecutively named #1 for eight consecutive years.

“I’m extremely proud of our team and what we have accomplished,” says Rob Hartwein, General
Manager, Wilson Air Center – Memphis. “This exemplifies the quality of our staff who
consistently strive to exceed customer expectations. We appreciate the vote of confidence from our
customers and will continue to focus on service and safety excellence.”

Located at Memphis International Airport, the award winning Wilson Air Center – Memphis is the
clear choice for pilots and passengers when flying to Memphis. Along with other locations in Houston
TX and Charlotte NC, Wilson Air Center was also named #1 Corporate Aviation Support Facility
Chain in Professional Pilot magazine’s 2007 Preferences Regarding Aviation Services and Equipment (PRASE) survey. High quality customer service continues to earn Wilson Air Center recognition from
where it matters most, their customers.

“Memphis serves as the front door to our fine city. Decision makers, business leaders, celebrities,
political clientele, and professional sports associates associate our corporate aviation facility as their
first and last impression of Memphis,” says Dave Ivey, Vice President, Wilson Air Center. “We enjoy
showcasing the Bluff City on a daily basis to scores of high profile visitors. To be recognized by flight
crews and passengers as the “number one” rated corporate aviation facility in the Americas – and
additionally as the ‘Best Overall Chain’ is humbling. There is no secret – it is striving to exceed
customers’ expectations each and every day and showing a little “southern hospitality” to our
distinguished visitors.”

Newly opened in late 1996, Wilson Air Center – Memphis was the first of three locations in the Wilson
Air Center chain. Wilson Air reinvented the corporate aviation support industry by blending a heritage
rich in hospitality management and a long-standing passion for aviation. They offer corporate services,
maintenance, charter, aircraft sales, military handling, airline handling, freight handling, and aircraft
management.

“The recognition by flight crews are a tribute to the fine staff that work diligently every day,” says
Robert A. Wilson, President and Founder, Wilson Air Center. “At Wilson Air Center, I like to call this
the ‘Wilson Attitude.’ The Kemmons Wilson Companies are proud of our City – and we will continue
to work hard and be committed to making Memphis a city that we can all be proud of.”

With locations in Memphis TN, Charlotte NC and Houston TX, Wilson Air Center’s corporate
aviation support facilities are renowned for their innovative approach to customer service and
satisfaction that originated from roots within the hospitality industry. The Charlotte location opened
in 2005, and after just one year of operation was voted by pilots as the 23rd Best U. S. Aviation
Facility. This year it remarkably jumped into the nation’s top ten standings at #8, and more
importantly, in only its second full year of operation.

The Memphis location is the home of one of the world’s largest aircraft canopies, and is touted by the
aviation industry as among the top fixed base operations in the United States for the quality of its
services and the comfort and design of its facilities. For more information on Wilson Air Center or the
services we offer, please call 901-345-2992 or visit www.wilsonair.com.

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