Viva International, Inc. announced today that it has completed its agreements with Royal Aruban Airlines on behalf of Hardyston Distributors, Inc., Its wholly owned subsidiary, to acquire a 49% shareholder interest. The agreement has received the approval of the Aruban Minister of Transportation Edison Briesen.
It was also announced that Royal Aruban`s President and CEO, Eric Hagens has agreed to continue to serve the Company in those roles. Mr. Hagens has been Royal Aruban`s President from the Company`s inception.
Stuart Carnie, President and CEO of Viva International, Inc., commenting from Aruba said, “I am pleased to announce the completion and execution of agreements with Royal Aruban. The amount of support and enthusiasm from Minister Briesen has been encouraging as has been the support of the Aruban Tourism Authority. Mr. Hagens has seen our plan and his decision to stay on board indicates further endorsement of how well we expect Royal Aruban to fit into the Viva Family. Our expected commencement of flight operations is still on target and Mr. Hagens and I will concentrate on sorting through the remaining details to get us in the air. Further announcements will be made in news releases as well as the utilization of Viva`s and Royal`s websites to report ongoing changes, developments and activities.”
Royal Aruban Airlines yesterday received final authorisation from the Aruban Department of Civil Aviation for operations from Aruba to Fort Lauderdale utilising equipment from Miami based Falcon Air Express.
In conjunction with the provision of the “Safe Harbour” 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 further 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 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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