JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JAMAICA, NY - Baltia Air Lines, Inc. yakazivisa nhasi kuti vatanga FAA Air Carrier Certification. Musi waDecember 19, 2008, United States Department of Transportation (DOT) yakabudisa Show Cause Order yayo, ichiwana Baltia Air Lines yakakodzera, inoda, uye inokwanisa kushanda basa rakarongwa kubva kuJFK kuenda kuSt. Odha iyi yakabvumira Baltia Air Lines kuti itange iyo FAA Air Carrier Certification.
Mutungamiri weBaltia, Igor Dmitrowsky, akatsanangura, "Chitupa cheFAA chakanyatso kuumbwa nezvikamu zviviri, chikamu chezvinyorwa uye chikamu chekuratidzira, uye pakupera kwekubudirira kwechitupa cheFAA, Baltia ichapihwa Chikamu 121 Air Carrier Certificate inoita kuti Baltia iite. mukutakura vanhu nendege kwakarongwa kune dzimwe nyika kwevanhu, zvinhu, uye tsamba kubva kuJFK muNew York kuenda kuSt. Petersburg, Russia.”
VaDmitrowsky vakatizve: “Takashanda nesimba kuti tisvike padanho iri, uye tinodada zvikuru nevashandi vedu uye kubudirira kwatakaita sechikwata. Tasvika pachinhanho chikuru mukuparurwa kwekambani yedu yendege. Kana vari vagovani vedu, ndinoda kutenda pachangu vese vagovani vedu nekushivirira kwavo panguva yese iyi. Taiziva kuti zuva raizosvika apo chiedza chegirini chaizobatidza uye basa rose iri raizotanga kuva nezvibereko.”
Chinangwa chaBaltia ndechekuve inotungamira ndege yeUS mumusika weAtlantic pakati pemaguta makuru eUS nemaguta makuru eEastern Europe, anosanganisira Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, neBelarus. Chinangwa cheBaltia ndechekupa mhando yepamusoro, matatu-kirasi yevatyairi sevhisi, uye yakavimbika mitoro uye tsamba yekufambisa. Baltia inoronga kutanga zvekunze zvakarongwa zvekufambisa nendege sendege chete yeUS inobatanidza zvakananga maviri emaguta ane mukurumbira pasi rose - New York neSt. Iine manejimendi ane ruzivo uye mumusika une mari uye uri kukura wekufamba, Baltia inotarisira kukwira mukubudirira.
