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ScotAirways Becomes UATP Merchant to Meet Customer Demand WASHINGTON and LONDON, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to demand by corporate business travelers to accept UATP as a low-cost form of payment, ScotAirways is the most recent airline to join UATP's growing Merchant base, effective 11 March 2005. ScotAirways now accepts all UATP cards, issued by 15 airlines and accepted by more than 200 airlines worldwide. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040318/UATPLOGO ) "We listened to the demands of the marketplace," said Commercial Manager, Jerry Froggett. "Being a UATP Merchant provides ScotAirways the necessary tools to be competitive in the corporate travel sector, as well as lowering our distribution costs through low merchant service fees." Recently distinguished as the "the most punctual London to Edinburgh Airline" by independent website http://www.flightontime.info/, ScotAirways optimizes its service to corporate customers by offering high frequency schedules and superior customer service. ScotAirways will also utilize UATP Settlement Services (USS), a low-cost, weekly settlement system that matches fees and air tickets electronically, allowing for easy reconciliation of accounts for non-clearing house transactions. "Customer demand is one of the leading factors in UATP's continued growth worldwide," said Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO UATP. "Airlines like ScotAirways are responding to their corporate client's desire to lower credit card costs and eliminate foreign exchange fees. With UATP, airlines and businesses both lower their costs." ScotAirways carried in excess of 200,000 passengers during 2004 on a scheduled route network including London, Edinburgh, Dundee, Southampton and Amsterdam Airports. In addition, the airline provided charter service to more than 100 Domestic UK and European destinations for a wide variety of customers. Visit http://www.uatp.com/ or http://www.scotairways.com/ for more information. About UATP UATP accounts are accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel by more than 200 airlines worldwide. UATP accounts are issued by theses airlines: Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), Austrian Airlines, Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Japan Airlines (OTC:JALSY), Qantas Airways, Ltd., Scandinavian Airlines System, United Airlines (OTC:UALAQ) (BULLETIN BOARD: UALAQ) , US Airways (OTC:UAIRQ.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: UAIRQ.OB) , and VARIG Brazilian Airlines. AirPlus International issues the UATP-based Company Account for: British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Lufthansa German Airlines, Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL). Join CEO's from Air Asia, Tiger Airways, THAI Airways; executives from Star Alliance, Sabre, Continental, British Airways, Continental Airlines, and various other executives and industry experts at the UATP-Airline Business Magazine: Airline Distribution 2005 Conference 19-21 April, Bangkok. http://www.uatp.com/distribution2005. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040318/UATPLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Universal Air Travel Plan CONTACT: Wendy L. Ward of Universal Air Travel Plan, +1-202-626-4077 Web site: http://www.uatp.com/ http://www.scotairways.com/ http://www.uatp.com/distribution2005

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