Press Release

PRESS RELEASE
April 16, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Tulinda Larsen
Managing Director, Consulting Services
BACK Aviation Solutions
A division of Commonwealth Business Media
703-599-7396

AvCraft Hires BACK Aviation to Expand Services

Myrtle Beach, S.C.—AvCraft Support Services has hired BACK Aviation Solutions, an independent consulting firm specializing in the aviation industry, to expand service to regional aircraft, including both turboprop and regional jets. AvCraft’s state-of-the-art facilities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina offer over 180,000 square feet of newly renovated hangar space, support shops and completion center. The facility is a certified FAA 145 and EASA 145 approved repair station.

For operators of the 328Jet and Do328 turboprop, AvCraft-Myrtle Beach service center is the only factory-authorized 328 service center in North America. AvCraft has retained BACK Aviation Solutions to extend AvCraft’s world class services to other regional aircraft types.

“We have perfected servicing 328s and are now ready to provide exceptional value and services to other regional aircraft,” said Mike Hill, General Manager, AvCraft Support Services. “BACK is well-known in the regional aviation industry, especially MRO services.”

About AvCraft Support Services
AvCraft is a full-service regional aircraft MRO facility with a complete range of engineering and maintenance capabilities, including all scheduled maintenance, phase checks and heavy C and D level inspection and repairs, full avionics services, paint shop, and completions center. AvCraft is a certified distributor for Honeywell Avionics.  For more information on AvCraft Support Services visit www.Avcraft.com or call us at
+1 843 232 1338.

About BACK Aviation Solutions
BACK Aviation Solutions, derives its name from its four founders, Messrs. Brandt, Allen, Casley and Koblish.  BACK is a full-service aviation consulting and information provider that is able to provide industry-leading air service advisory services.

BACK offers a full spectrum of aviation services through five main lines of business:
Information Services, Consulting Services, Customer Relationship Management, Asset Management and Publications and Conferences.

BACK has provided information services since its founding in 1992 through the acquisition of I.P. Shares/Reuters, which itself had been delivering data to the aviation industry since 1975.  In 1998, BACK purchased the consulting and asset management firm of AvSolutions, Inc. and re-branded under the trade name BACK Aviations Solutions shortly thereafter. In 2005, BACK became a subsidiary of Commonwealth Business Media (CBM), a transportation data and publishing conglomerate, which includes, Air Cargo World, PIERS and Trade Horizons among its transport-oriented holdings. CBM, in turn, was acquired by the global media firm of United Business Media (UBM) in 2006. UBM acquired the Official Airline Guide in 2006 and Aviation Industry Group in 2007. For more information on BACK visit www.backaviation.com or contact us at 202 355 1166.