Allegiant Air and Abanco International Team to Deliver On-Board Retail Solution; Sale Reinforces Airlines Revenue Generating Focus

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2005

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Abanco International, LLC, a leading provider of payment processing solutions, today announced Allegiant Air, LLC has selected its industry leading Mobile Data Technology (MDT) In-Flight solution to automate its on-board services. The combined hardware and software solution will enable Allegiant to process cash, credit cards, and attraction tickets on-board all its flights. Abanco expects to implement the solution during the fourth quarter of 2005.

"Allegiant Air will now have a hand-held device combining point-of-sale with inventory management technology," said Ponder Harrison, managing director at Allegiant Air. "The Abanco In-Flight solution will make it easier and faster to accept payment in various methods including credit card, and will allow us to promote and sell special offerings on board all our routes."

By utilizing the In-Flight application, Allegiant will be able to process credit card transactions and print receipts for passengers for in-flight purchases. Allegiant Air says the capability of the mobile technology can be expanded in the future to include inventory management, flight-specific financial analysis of its service programs, and the different product and service offerings. Abanco provides a comprehensive turn-key, on-board retail management solution that consists of a software application and a hand-held device. This all-in-one solution includes software and services, payment, supply chain planning and fraud detection.

"We are dedicated to providing a robust, retail generating solution to the airline industry," said Tracy Metzger, president and CTO of Abanco. "Working with Allegiant we are once again able to reinforce our commitment and position as a leader as we provide a solution that is a tremendous value-add in this arena."

About Allegiant Air, LLC

Allegiant Air, LLC is an all-jet, low-fare, low-cost passenger airline dedicated to providing a new way to fly. At Allegiant, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way and a Saturday night stay is never required. With a focus on leisure travel, the company emphasizes low-costs, innovation and leisure traffic to world-class destinations - currently Las Vegas, Nev. and Orlando, Fla. The company provides its customers additional value through its Allegiant Vacations division, which maintains significant hotel partnerships in both Las Vegas and Orlando. Allegiant currently provides nonstop scheduled service from 24 U.S. markets to the Las Vegas destination and to the Orlando destination from 15 U.S. markets. In addition to its scheduled service, the airline also operates charter service throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The carrier's charter customers include Harrah's Entertainment, U.S. Forest Service, collegiate athletic organizations, film production companies and corporations. Allegiant's fleet includes 14 MD80 series jet aircraft, all fitted with comfortable leather seats and spacious overhead luggage bins. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., Allegiant is a privately owned airline founded in 1997.

About Abanco International, LLC

Abanco International, LLC, headquartered in Rosemont, IL, was founded with a mission of providing the best "Total Payment Solutions" available. Abanco provides thousands of customers with the most advanced payments and data-transaction technology in today's market. Our executive team of experienced industry experts guide the firm and its clients in this unique operating philosophy.

Our suite of products and services are based on our core payment facility that provides all forms of payment processing, which includes electronic reporting, archival facilities, software development, and in-house deployment operations - all backed by a 24x7x365 service desk. Our proprietary front-end gateway switch is designed to eliminate compatibility and integration challenges as it routes credit card authorization and capture to the platform of choice and data to our robust data warehouse.

Today, Abanco has taken the core payment processing infrastructure that transacts millions of payment transactions per day to its next generation - the delivery of highly-customized, industry specific solutions to meet the needs of industries such as the airline, rail, golf and other particular business models. All of these innovative solutions leverage the core transaction processing and data transaction processing in unique environments, such as an airline carriers "Food for Sale" retail environment.

Abanco International, LLC is privately held. Company and product information are available at www.abanco.com.