JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JAMAICA, NY - Baltia Air Lines, Inc. adalengeza lero kuti ayamba FAA Air Carrier Certification. Pa December 19, 2008, United States Department of Transportation (DOT) inatulutsa Show Cause Order, ikupeza kuti ndege ya Baltia Air Lines ili yoyenera, yokonzeka komanso yokhoza kugwira ntchito zomwe zaperekedwa kuchokera ku JFK kupita ku St. Dongosololi lalola a Baltia Air Lines kuti ayambe kutsimikizira za FAA Air Carrier Certification.
Purezidenti wa Baltia, Igor Dmitrowsky, adalongosola, "Chitsimikizo cha FAA chimakhala ndi magawo awiri, gawo lazolemba ndi gawo la ziwonetsero, ndipo mukamaliza chiphaso cha FAA, Baltia ipatsidwa Gawo 121 Air Carrier Certificate yomwe imathandizira Baltia kuchitapo kanthu. ponyamula anthu, katundu, ndi makalata ochokera kunja kuchokera ku JFK ku New York kupita ku St. Petersburg, Russia.”
A Dmitrowsky ananenanso kuti: “Tagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti tifike pamenepa, ndipo timanyadira kwambiri antchito athu komanso zimene tachita monga gulu. Tafika pachimake chachikulu pokhazikitsa ndege yathu. Ponena za omwe ali ndi ma sheya, ndikufuna kuthokoza onse omwe tili nawo chifukwa cha kudekha kwawo panthawi yonseyi. Tinkadziŵa kuti tsiku lidzafika pamene kuwala kobiriwira kudzayatsa ndipo ntchito yonseyi idzayamba kupeza phindu.”
Cholinga cha Baltia ndikukhala otsogolera ndege zaku US pamsika wodutsa Atlantic pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu yaku US ndi mizinda ikuluikulu yaku Eastern Europe, kuphatikiza Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, ndi Belarus. Cholinga cha Baltia ndikupereka ntchito zapamwamba kwambiri, zonyamula anthu atatu, komanso mayendedwe odalirika onyamula katundu ndi makalata. Baltia ikukonzekera kuyambitsa zoyendera ndege zakunja monga ndege yokhayo yaku US yolumikiza mizinda iwiri yotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - New York ndi St. Ndi oyang'anira odziwa zambiri komanso pamsika wopindulitsa komanso wokulirapo, Baltia akufuna kukwera kuti apambane.
