I-JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JAMAICA, NY - IBaltia Air Lines, Inc. imemezele namuhla ukuthi isiqalile isitifiketi seFAA Air Carrier Certification. NgoDisemba 19, 2008, uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-United States (i-DOT) wakhipha i-Show Cause Order yawo, wathola ukuthi iBaltia Air Lines ilungile, izimisele, futhi ikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi ohlongozwayo osuka ku-JFK uye eSt. Leli oda livumele iBaltia Air Lines ukuthi iqale isitifiketi se-FAA Air Carrier.
Umongameli weBaltia, u-Igor Dmitrowsky, uchaze wathi, "Ukuqinisekiswa kwe-FAA kuqukethe izigaba ezimbili, isigaba semibhalo kanye nesigaba sokubonisa, futhi lapho kuphothulwe ngempumelelo isitifiketi se-FAA, iBaltia izonikezwa isitifiketi se-Part 121 Air Carrier Certificate esenza iBaltia ibandakanyeke ekuthuthweni kwasemoyeni okuhleliwe kwabantu, impahla kanye neposi lisuka eJFK eNew York liya eSt.
UMnu. Dmitrowsky uqhubeke wathi: “Sisebenze ngokuzikhandla ukufinyelela kuleli qophelo, futhi siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngabasebenzi bethu kanye nempumelelo esiyitholile njengeqembu. Sesifinyelele engqophamlando enkulu ekwethulweni kwezindiza zethu. Ngokuqondene nabaninimasheya, ngifuna ukubonga mathupha kubo bonke abaninimasheya ngesineke sabo kuyo yonke le nqubo. Besazi ukuthi luzofika usuku lapho ukukhanya okuluhlaza kuzokhanya futhi wonke lo msebenzi uzoqala ukukhokha. ”
Inhloso kaBaltia ukuthi abe yinkampani yezindiza ehamba phambili e-US emakethe ye-Trans-Atlantic phakathi kwamadolobha amakhulu ase-US kanye namadolobha amakhulu aseMpumalanga Yurophu, kubandakanya iRussia, iLatvia, i-Ukraine neBelarus. Inhloso kaBaltia ukuhlinzeka ngekhwalithi ephezulu, insizakalo yabagibeli abathathu, kanye nokuthuthwa kwempahla okuthembekile nokuthunyelwa ngeposi. IBaltia ihlela ukuqala ukuthuthwa kwezindiza okuhleliwe njengamazwe angaphandle okuwukuphela kwendiza yezindiza yaseMelika exhuma ngqo emadolobheni amabili avelele emhlabeni - iNew York neSt. Ngabaphathi abanolwazi nasemakethe yezokuvakasha enenzuzo futhi ekhulayo, iBaltia ihlose ukukhuphukela empumelelweni.
