ASI Entertainment and Air One Launch Broadband Wireless Electronic Cockpit Data Link

[April 14, 2004]

ASI Entertainment and Air One Launch Broadband Wireless Electronic Cockpit Data Link

SEATTLE --(Business Wire)-- April 14, 2004 -- ASI Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:ASIQ) in conjunction with Air One, Italy's largest privately owned airline, announced today the successful launch of G3CARS, a world's first G3 based cockpit communications and reporting system.

The system successfully completed functional testing on Air One's Boeing 737 transmitting the aircraft logbook and email from the cockpit into a central server. At the completion of each flight, Air One's pilots, using an onboard TabletPC, completed and transmitted the Logbook into a central database. The system transmitted both the electronic data and ink formats so that the logbook could be reproduced at any location in the original format. The system connected to the server via the new G3 network. H3G provided the network, which proved to be reliable and extremely fast.

Ron Chapman, ASI's CEO said, "Air One is the first airline to combine the use of TabletPC, G3 and handwriting recognition to automate the ground based cockpit-reporting functions. While paper under glass technology has an initial learning curve, Air One's pilots adapted very quickly to the Tablet PC. Transmitting at 432Kbps, there was no limitation to the type and amount of data that can be delivered."

Nicola Ruccia, Chief Operating Officer of Air One said, "Air One constantly strives to optimise operational efficiency; fast, precise exchange of technical information on aircraft health and requirements is essential, and ASI's G3CARS offers significant potential benefits to pilots, ground support and engineering. We are delighted to pioneer this new and advanced solution and look forward to achieving even higher dispatch reliability and on time departures as a result of G3CARS."

Also included in the system is ASI's Data3mail email interface, which allows the pilots to keep in touch with airline operation at each location. The system is now being refined to accommodate all of Air One's operating requirements and is planned to be implemented fleet wide in the second half of the year.

About Air One

Air One operates a fleet of 27 Boeing 737s connecting 22 Italian airports with high frequency service catering primarily to the business travel market. Most flights are operating in code sharing with Air One's commercial partner Lufthansa German Airlines. The company started operations in 1995 and has grown at an average of 26% per year since then. Air One expects to carry five million passengers this year.

About ASI

ASI specializes in aircraft communications and is recognised for its innovative and cost effective solutions for airlines.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements made by ASI Entertainment, Inc. are not a guarantee of future performance.

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