Baltia Air Lines to fly to Russia

BY OUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT
May 24, 2006

Baltia Air Lines, a new American airline is starting its flights to Russia. Baltia Air Lines will start flights from JFK at terminal 4 and will fly to St.Petersburg. Baltia Air Lines will operate a Boeing 747 for the route.

As of now, the only airline flying to Russia is Delta Airlines, which operates nonstop to Moscow. The new Baltia Airlines is traded in the Nasdaq bulletin board under the name BLTA. The airline is also listed in Xetra and Frankfurt exchanges under the name B3A.

Baltia Air Lines will have First, Business and Coach passenger services. The express cargo services will also be carried out under the Baltia name.

Once the St.Petersburg flight route is well-established, Baltia Air Lines plans to go nonstop to other cities like Riga, Kiev and Minsk from JFK. Baltia Air Lines aims to become the leader in providing flights between the major US cities and the capital cities of Eastern Europe.

Baltia plans to provide delicious meals with top chefs from both St Petersburg and New York.