Pet Airways to Trade as PAWS on OTC BB

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The shareholders of Pet Airways, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PAWS), the first airline specifically designed for the comfortable, efficient transportation of pets, approved changing the Company's name from American Antiquities Incorporated to Pet Airways, Inc. Effective at the open of business on October 26, 2010, the Company's ticker symbol will change to PAWS and its common stock will continue to trade on the over-the-counter bulletin board.

Dan Wiesel, CEO of the Company, said, "We are absolutely delighted with our new name and trading symbol.  We believe that the name Pet Airways, Inc. more accurately describes our core business in pet transportation and other pet travel services and is nicely supplemented by our trading symbol, PAWS, which captures our marketing strategy and underscores our ground-breaking position in the field of pet transportation.  We believe that we have a head start in serving the substantial, but largely untapped, market of pet transportation, and our new name and trading symbol will further increase our position in this market."  Pet Airways was recently the subject of a report by noted Wall Street Analyst Leonard Bogner.

About Pet Airways

Pet Airways, Inc. (http://www.petairways.com) is the first airline specifically designed for the comfortable, efficient transportation of pets. Pet Airways' "pawsengers" travel in the specially equipped main cabin of its planes - well-lit, climate-controlled and pressurized - with a trained pet attendant on duty at all times. With Pet Airways, pet parents can be assured their animals will be treated with tender, loving care throughout the journey.  The airline launched flight operations in 2009, and provides coast-to-coast service from Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Omaha, Chicago, Baltimore/Washington DC, New York, Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale.  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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SOURCE Pet Airways