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Apr 16, 2010 (newstodate): Pending final approvals by FAA, the new US carrier Baltia Airlines plans to open traffic to Russia from late summer or early autumn, 2010.
-We are now awaiting the outcome of FAA's evaluations prior to granting approval by FAA part 121 and certification of our aircraft maintenance procedures, and once these certificates have been obtained we are ready to launch flights between New York and St Petersburg, Russia, says Barry Clare, Baltia Airlines VP Finance.
-All other preparations are now completed, crews and aircraft are ready, contracts are in place, and we are convinced that our plans for a direct, non-stop service between these two destinations will prove a success.
-Next to come is the opening of a similar route to Moscow that will come within three-to-five months as we take delivery of our second Boeing 747 aircraft. And thereafter flights to Riga, Latvia, Minsk, Belarus, and Kiev, in Ukraine, will be added to the network.
-We will sign interline agreements with relevant airlines, but no decisions on this have yet been finalized.
-Besides passenger traffic, cargo will constitute an important business for us as well. Volumes of airfreight between New York and St Petersburg comprise 100,000 tonnes from New York to St Petersburg, and another 80,000 tonnes in the opposite direction.
-All of this air cargo is now going via a diversity of routes including transit points. Ours will become the first and only service to provide direct, non-stop flights.
-Thanks to the difference in time zones, we also plan to introduce a dedicated courier service with same-day deliveries of Russian shipments to receivers in the USA, says Mr Clare.
-We are now awaiting the outcome of FAA's evaluations prior to granting approval by FAA part 121 and certification of our aircraft maintenance procedures, and once these certificates have been obtained we are ready to launch flights between New York and St Petersburg, Russia, says Barry Clare, Baltia Airlines VP Finance.
-All other preparations are now completed, crews and aircraft are ready, contracts are in place, and we are convinced that our plans for a direct, non-stop service between these two destinations will prove a success.
-Next to come is the opening of a similar route to Moscow that will come within three-to-five months as we take delivery of our second Boeing 747 aircraft. And thereafter flights to Riga, Latvia, Minsk, Belarus, and Kiev, in Ukraine, will be added to the network.
-We will sign interline agreements with relevant airlines, but no decisions on this have yet been finalized.
-Besides passenger traffic, cargo will constitute an important business for us as well. Volumes of airfreight between New York and St Petersburg comprise 100,000 tonnes from New York to St Petersburg, and another 80,000 tonnes in the opposite direction.
-All of this air cargo is now going via a diversity of routes including transit points. Ours will become the first and only service to provide direct, non-stop flights.
-Thanks to the difference in time zones, we also plan to introduce a dedicated courier service with same-day deliveries of Russian shipments to receivers in the USA, says Mr Clare.