25% Travel Agent Commissions Offered; Heli USA Bids Aloha to Oahu -- Opens New Honolulu Operations; Offers Four New Oahu Tours Including Honolulu City Lights.

Business Editors/Travel Writers

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HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003

Heli USA, www.heliusa.com, the world's premier helicopter sightseeing company, is pleased to announce that today it is officially opening its Honolulu operations and is offering four spectacular aerial sightseeing tour packages of Waikiki and Oahu.

"On behalf of the Hawaii tourism industry, we are very pleased to welcome our new friends at Heli USA to Oahu and the Honolulu tourism market," said Ryokichi Tanaki, general manager, Jalpac.

Grand opening festivities celebrating Heli USA's new Honolulu operations will begin at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails, appetizers and live Hawaiian music. The official blessing is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m.

The event will take place in the elegant Circle Rainbow facility located at 155 Kapalulu Place, Honolulu International Airport (off Lagoon Drive). Expected to be in attendance at tonight's grand opening are more than 70 of Hawaii's leading travel industry managers, including Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays, Sun Islands, JTB, Jalpak, HIS, HVCB and Connoisseur.

"Heli USA is already firmly established in the travel marketplace in Princeville, Kaua'i, and we are proud to extend our tour programs which showcase the very best that Waikiki and Oahu can offer," said Nigel Turner, CEO, Heli USA. He added, "Our fabulous tour packages brings romance to the skies and an adventure of a lifetime awaits as guests rise into the air as if by magic to slowly cruise along Waikiki Beach at sunset."

Turner noted that Heli USA's Honolulu City Lights Flight & Dinner Cruise package includes a romantic steak or seafood dinner cruise followed by a private trip along Waikiki at sunset. "It's the ultimate evening night out," added Turner.

Turner emphasized that Heli USA will only operate its exclusive $1 million A-Star Executive Helicopters in its new Oahu operations. These helicopters are the preferred helicopter for sightseeing worldwide and Heli USA has the largest fleet of them in the western United States. Heli USA helicopters have high-load capacities and guarantee all forward-facing seats with unrestricted, spectacular viewing and climate control.

Each Heli USA helicopter has been freshly painted with the image of the Goddess Pele by world-renowned Hawaii artist Herb Kane. The mythology of Pele -- as presented by Kane, "Perfectly portrays both the strength of the Hawaiian people and the rugged volcanic beauty of the islands. From Pele's birthplace at Diamond Head, her time on Kaua'i, ending with her creation of the Wai'ale'ale crater, and now the formation of the Big Island, the history and spirit of the people combined with the volcanic origins of the islands is why tourists come here today," said Turner.

Each of the magnificent day and evening Heli USA flights over Waikiki and Oahu are fully narrated and surround each guest with Hawaiian music as passengers cruise past such world-famous hotels as the Hilton Hawaiian Village and Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the exclusive Kohala District, lush tropical rain forests and waterfalls, majestic Diamond Head and Downtown Honolulu.

Prices start at $89 per person and packages are fully commissionable up to 25% to all Honolulu and mainland travel agents. Prices include free round-trip Waikiki hotel transfers to Honolulu International Airport and may be booked through Heli USA's safe and secure Web site at www.heliusa.com.

Heli USA Airways, www.heliusa.com, is the world's premier helicopter sightseeing company with operations in Hawaii, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. Heli USA flies more than 120,000 passengers a year and has international sales offices in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and Holland.

For additional information, please contact your local travel agent or Heli USA toll free at 866/936-1234 or 808/826-6591 or the Heli USA corporate offices direct at 702/798-4354.