Aviation Industries Completes Acquisition Of Cruising in Style,
Inc.

Transaction Marks Third Acquisition Completed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Industries
Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: AVIA) today reported that it has
completed the acquisition of Cruising in Style, Inc., a Durham,
North Carolina-based travel agency with approximately $2 million
in annual revenues.  Cruising in Style specializes in the sale of
upscale Alaska, Caribbean, Europe and Trans- Canal cruise
packages.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Aviation Industries' management noted that it plans to expand the
agency's operations to include the active marketing of more
moderately priced cruise packages, focusing on 3, 4 and 7 night
Caribbean itineraries, as well as a variety of land and sea
packages for such cruise itineraries.

Commenting further, William G. Forhan, Chairman of Aviation
Industries, noted, "This acquisition fits extremely well with our
growing base of travel and leisure operations.  In particular, we
foresee opportunities to actively cross market cruise vacation
packages to the more than 20,000 people employed by our Business
Travel subsidiary's corporate clients, as well as the over 80,000
passengers delivered annually by Integrated Marketing's Casino
Airlink unit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast through its sale of
packaged casino vacations."

Aviation Industries Corporation, which is in the process of
acquiring Integrated Marketing Professionals, Inc., recently
completed the purchase of Norcross, Georgia-based Business
Travel, Inc., a corporate travel agency with annual sales of
approximately $25 million, and Biloxi, Mississippi-based Magnolia
Tours and Transportation, a motor coach transportation company
operating in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area.  Aviation
Industries also holds an equity position in Newark, N.J.-based
KIWI International Air Lines.

Integrated Marketing Professionals, Inc. is a diversified travel
and leisure company that is the exclusive provider of packaged
casino vacations from five cities in Florida, three cities in
Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Atlanta, Georgia to the Mississippi
Gulf Coast, which include non-stop, round trip jet service,
destination airport transfers, ground handling, 2-3 night deluxe
hotel accommodations, nightly buffet meals and access to 24-hour
Las Vegas style gaming and entertainment.

Statements about the Company's future expectations, including
future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the
press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such
forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties
and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual
results could differ materially from expected results.