Carnival Air Lines and Paradise Island Airlines form major international marketing partnership.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996--Carnival Air Lines and Paradise Island Airlines have entered into a five-year international joint marketing agreement which, according to Carnival Air Chairman Reuven Wertheim, "will redefine the future of both South Florida-based carriers."

Effective Nov. 15, the two airlines will begin code-sharing on several existing Carnival Air routes between the Northeast, California, Florida and the Bahamas, as well as Paradise Island routes between South Florida and the Bahamas.

The agreement will also extend to several new flights Paradise Island Airlines will launch by the end of the year from Fort Lauderdale to Key West, Fla. and Fort Myers, Fla., as well as Miami to Fort Myers and Orlando, Fla. to Key West.

Additionally, Paradise Island Airlines plans to position an aircraft in San Juan next summer. The aircraft will connect with Carnival Air's flights from the Northeast and Florida in order to offer continuing service to/from various Caribbean destinations, including St. Thomas, St. Croix and the Dominican Republic.

In all, Carnival Air will add 82 new domestic and international connecting flights to its present route map.

Paradise Island Airlines, which plans to discontinue its current marketing relationship with USAir Express and repaint the aircraft with its own trademarks, will design a schedule that coordinates arrivals and departures with those offered by Carnival Air in order to provide passengers with convenient connections. The two carriers have also agreed to display each others logos at airport check-in counters, and in some cases, share airport check-in facilities.

"This agreement, and the new connections it will create, immediately positions Carnival Air Lines as a key provider of air service between the Northeast, Florida and the Bahamas," said Wertheim.

"We are looking forward to developing our presence in Florida and the Bahamas, while re-establishing the Paradise Island Airlines name," added Paradise Island Airlines President Tim Mancuso.

The airlines plan to jointly market and promote the combined route system as a single entity.

Carnival Air Lines, based in Fort Lauderdale, is the largest scheduled passenger airline headquartered in Florida. The eight year-old carrier operates 25 aircraft with scheduled service between the Northeast, Florida, California and the Caribbean.

Fort Lauderdale-based Paradise Island Airlines operates a fleet of five Dash-7 multi-engine aircraft. The carrier plans to add up to two additional aircraft in the next six months. The airline, formed in 1989, primarily offers scheduled service between Paradise Island in the Bahamas and Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Fla.

For additional information or reservations, contact your local travel agent, Carnival Air Lines at 800-8-AIRFUN or Paradise Island Airlines at 800-SUN-7202 (as of Sept. 19).

CONTACT: Carnival Air Lines, Fort Lauderdale

Gabriel Gabor, 954/923-8672 x 2238

or

Paradise Island Airlines

Bob Pelquin, 954/359-8043 x 3215