EXHIBIT 99.2		

VIAD CORP SELLS ITS AIRCRAFT SERVICES COMPANY

ASIG Sold to Ranger Aerospace Corporation

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 6, 1998 - Robert H. Bohannon, chairman, 
president and chief executive officer of Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI), 
announces the disposition of a Viad subsidiary, Aircraft Services 
International Group (ASIG), for an undisclosed cash price to Ranger 
Aerospace Corporation, a Delaware corporation. 

Based in Miami, ASIG provides refueling, ground handling, 
maintenance and facility management at approximately 40 airports 
throughout the U.S., U.K., Germany and the Bahamas.  The company 
delivers more than three billion gallons of fuel to 1.4 million 
flights annually.

"This is a further step in our plan to concentrate on three core 
business segments - payment services, convention services and 
airline catering," Bohannon said.  "ASIG did not fit our mix 
of businesses and the sale provides funds for growth in 
other areas." 

Ranger Aerospace Corporation is a company that was formed to 
participate in the consolidation trend in the aviation services 
industry. 

Terms of the agreement include sale of 100 percent of the stock of 
ASIG and related operating companies.  Included in the sale is 
Aircraft Services Limited, a U.K. subsidiary of ASIG that is the 
number one independent into-plane fueling agent at London's 
Heathrow Airport.

Viad Corp is a $2.5 billion S&P MidCap 400 services company with 
interests in payment services, airline catering, convention 
services and travel and leisure.  Headquarters are in Phoenix, 
Arizona. 

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