In 2014 I first wrote about Baltia Air Lines, which is America’s oldest startup airline. They’ve been in “business” for over 25 years, except they’ve never actually flown a commercial flight, despite having owned a 747-200 for over 20 years (which they finally dumped earlier this year, after hiring a consultant who told them it…
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I like the bit about "current and new alliances" and the rest which makes it sound like a real airline that's just making some changes to their current operation.
I really think that inserting yourself into the NYC to London route may not have been the smartest decision ever. Well it's still better than the Baltimore-Islip-Albany flight but, just a bit. @Lucky I hope that you'll be on the inaugural flight and run their FFP (best in the world)
Judging from the Facebook comments it looks like the posters are some of finest students at America's most prestigious community colleges.
I think we only really care what type of seating they have in F and J?! Lucky, are you able to find out with a review? Even if the plane sits in a hangar. Just try to get on their plane for an experience and write about it for a few hours! Think we're all keen on that!
"Their business plan was to initially fly between New York and St. Petersburg, Russia, with plans to later expand to other European capitals."
Wait, isn't Russia's capital Moscow?
Oh great, now how am I supposed to get from my morning meeting in Trenton to my afternoon conference in Islip???
I am irate at the pack of lies in your article. You will be hearing from each and everyone of my 119 lawyers.
@helfie - I agree...and not only do they have 119 managers but those managers are all part of the Executive Team!
How do I join this company!
Charter and smaller airlines are notorious for scams. I've had the (mis)fortune of cleaning up after some of them. Interestingly, the most recent one I worked on was related to 3 other Ponzi schemes our office has worked on in the past decade. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the Related Parties search pull all 4 cases together. Only one of the other cases involved a supposed airline. The other two were completely unrelated in industries, but were scams nonetheless.
From 2014 - yet the words ring like it was spoken on the stump during this year's election. Far Superior. Incredible.
Ron says:
August 12, 2014 at 9:21 am
From an interview five (!) years ago: “First class has only twelve seats,” explains [VP of Finance[ Clare. “It’s sort of a gimmick because we want to show that we have that kind of service available. Even though service will be superior throughout the entire aircraft, first class service will really be far superior. The entire upper deck… will be dedicated as a first class lounge, with a bar and gourmet chefs, live entertainment, strictly for the first class passengers… If the [first class] seats get filled, great; if not, it’s there to show that Baltia Air Lines has that kind of service.” The airline is hiring “stewards” from “fine restaurants, not flight attendants who work for other airlines that have bad habits. The experience will be incredible… like the grand old ocean liners.”
Found at http://theairlineblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/baltia-air-lines-20-year-old-startup.html
On December 20, 2016, the PCAOB busted accountant John Scrudato in connection with his audit of Baltia for SEC filings. This is the third accountant that has been busted for substantially the same conduct in connection with Baltia. When is the SEC going to put an end to this?
Patrick Rodgers
https://pcaobus.org/Enforcement/Decisions/Documents/2014_Rodgers.pdf
Michael F. Cronin
https://pcaobus.org/Enforcement/Decisions/Documents/05142013_Cronin.pdf
John Scrudato
https://pcaobus.org/Enforcement/Decisions/Documents/105-2016-054-Scrudato.pdf