Aircastle (AYR) 8-K Aircastle to Present at the Goldman Sachs Leveraged Finance Aircraft Leasing Conference

Exhibit 99.1

Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aircastle Limited

Michael Inglese — Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +1-203-504-1063

The IGB Group

Leon Berman

Tel: +1-212-477-8438

lberman@igbir.com

Aircastle to Present at the Goldman Sachs Leveraged Finance Aircraft Leasing Conference

Stamford, CT. September 19, 2011 — Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) today announced that Ron Wainshal, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs Second Annual Leveraged Finance Aircraft Leasing Conference to be held at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center in New York City on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

A live webcast of the presentation and slides will be available to the public on the Investors section of Aircastle’s website athttp://www.aircastle.com. Please allow extra time prior to the presentation to visit the site and download the necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast. A replay of the presentation will also be available on the company’s website for 180 days following the live event.

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 June 30, 2011 Aircastle’s aircraft portfolio consisted of 136 aircraft and had 59 lessees located in 32 countries.

For more information regarding Aircastle and to be added to our email distribution list, please visitwww.aircastle.com.

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