JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JAMAICA, NY - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Baltia Air Lines, Inc. i kēia lā ua hoʻomaka lākou i ka FAA Air Carrier Certification. Ma ka lā 19 o Kekemapa, 2008, ua hoʻopuka ke Keʻena Kūʻai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (DOT) i kāna Hōʻike Hōʻike Kauoha, e ʻike ana i nā Baltia Air Lines kūpono, makemake, a hiki ke hana i ka lawelawe i manaʻo ʻia mai JFK a St. Ua ʻae kēia kauoha iā Baltia Air Lines e hoʻomaka i ka FAA Air Carrier Certification.
Ua wehewehe ka pelekikena o Baltia, ʻo Igor Dmitrowsky, "ʻO ka FAA ka palapala hōʻoia i loko o nā ʻāpana ʻelua, ka pae palapala a me ka manawa hōʻike, a i ka pau ʻana o ka palapala FAA, e hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Baltia i kahi ʻāpana 121 Air Carrier Certificate e hiki ai iā Baltia ke komo. ma nā ʻāina ʻē i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e lawe i nā kānaka, waiwai, a me nā leka mai JFK ma New York a St. Petersburg, Russia.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aku ʻo Mr. Dmitrowsky: "Ua hana ikaika mākou e hiki i kēia manawa, a ke haʻaheo nei mākou i kā mākou limahana a me ka hoʻokō a mākou, ma ke ʻano he hui. Ua hōʻea mākou i kahi kūlana nui i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou mokulele. ʻO kā mākou poʻe kuleana, makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi pilikino i kā mākou poʻe kuleana āpau no ko lākou hoʻomanawanui i kēia kaʻina hana. Ua ʻike mākou e hiki mai ana ka lā e hiki mai ai ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo a e hoʻomaka ana kēia mau hana a pau e uku.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o Baltia ka lilo ʻana i alakaʻi mokulele US ma ka mākeke trans-Atlantic ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale nui o ʻAmelika a me nā kūlanakauhale nui o ʻEulopa Hikina, me Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, a me Belarus. ʻO ka pahuhopu o Baltia, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kiʻekiʻe, ʻekolu papa, a me ka halihali ukana a me ka leka uila. Hoʻolālā ʻo Baltia e hoʻomaka i ka holo ʻana i ka ea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke ʻano he mokulele US wale nō e hoʻopili pololei ana i ʻelua o nā kūlanakauhale kaulana loa o ka honua – New York a me St. Me ka hoʻokele akamai a ma kahi mākeke huakaʻi e ulu nei, manaʻo ʻo Baltia e lele i ka kūleʻa.
