Fina FAA Approval

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Viva International Announces Fina Air Has Obtained FAA Certificate
Monday September 8, 7:01 am ET


FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003--Viva International, Inc.(OTCBB:VIVI - News) announced today that its air partner Fina Air, Inc. has obtained its FAA 135 certificate as of September 4, 2003 and accordingly is approved to begin providing air services.
Stuart Carnie, President and CEO of Viva International, Inc. stated, "Although the FAA approval for Fina was expected, it is still an exciting development for Viva and Queen Air, Aeronaves Queen S.A. because we can implement the air operations that we have announced. We are also able to further explore additional plans and scheduling to expand our revenue relationship with Fina. We congratulate the Fina Air team on this achievement and we are excited to be able to begin our working relationship."

Mr. Carnie went on to say, "I have dispatched engineering and technical support personnel to San Juan, Puerto Rico and to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to install the computer hardware for the reservation system. Beta testing will be completed by each of these teams during these trips. I will be monitoring the daily progress of these crews and will soon make further announcement on this project."

In conjunction with the provisions of the "Safe Harbor" section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this release may contain forward-looking statements pertaining to the future anticipated projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations. All such forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results and there can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Further information on potential factors that could affect Viva International, Inc. is found in the Company's Form 10-K and other documents files with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.



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