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Dec 15, 2011 (newstodate): The US carrier under formation for more than a century now, Baltia Airlines is now targeting April 2012 as a possible start-up date.
-We are still amidst the FAA certification process, and as regulations have changed we are serving as sort of a testbed which does not exactly speed up the process, says Barry Clare, Baltia Airlines VP Finance.
-However, as soon as we enter the second, and last, phase of the process after approval of our operations manual, it becomes more manageable with a time-frame about 10-12 weeks including among others emergency procedures and approval flight.
-Two Boeing 747-200 aircraft have been acquired, one is ready to fly with our livery and maintained up to FAA standards, and the other is being readied as well.
-The first aircraft will be operated on the route between New York and St Petersburg, Russia, and once this operations has been started, the second aircraft will be allocated to operating flights between New York and Moscow.
-Further down the line comes flights to a range of East European destinations including Riga, Kiev, and Minsk, but also Croatia, Bratislava and Russian destinations like Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg will be considered for future additions to the network.
-Much time has been spent on setting up these operations, but the market is still un-served with direct transatlantic non-stop services, says Mr Clare.
-We are still amidst the FAA certification process, and as regulations have changed we are serving as sort of a testbed which does not exactly speed up the process, says Barry Clare, Baltia Airlines VP Finance.
-However, as soon as we enter the second, and last, phase of the process after approval of our operations manual, it becomes more manageable with a time-frame about 10-12 weeks including among others emergency procedures and approval flight.
-Two Boeing 747-200 aircraft have been acquired, one is ready to fly with our livery and maintained up to FAA standards, and the other is being readied as well.
-The first aircraft will be operated on the route between New York and St Petersburg, Russia, and once this operations has been started, the second aircraft will be allocated to operating flights between New York and Moscow.
-Further down the line comes flights to a range of East European destinations including Riga, Kiev, and Minsk, but also Croatia, Bratislava and Russian destinations like Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg will be considered for future additions to the network.
-Much time has been spent on setting up these operations, but the market is still un-served with direct transatlantic non-stop services, says Mr Clare.