October 2, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD (NMB)

Air Transport International and Teamsters' Airline Division

The NMB confirmed today that Air Transport International and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' Airline Division reached a tentative agreement on an initial collective bargaining agreement for the carrier's flight deck crew members. The parties concluded the agreement over the weekend following several days of mediation with NMB mediator Laurette Piculin. The terms of the tentative agreement are being withheld pending ratification by the membership.

Air Transport International provides worldwide cargo charters for the express-package industry, as well as for the US Department of Defense and the automotive industry. The carrier also does on-demand charters for freight forwarders and charter companies.

[NMB Case Number A-13042]