LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22023 posts, RR: 51 Posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2562 times:
Well that 20-year start up saga, today applied with the DOT, to add a single weekly New York-Moscow service to its existing USA-Russia route authority which called for St. Petersburg service only.
Baltia plans single weekly service per the following schedule.
Tuesday Flt201
JFK-SVO 1600-0920+1
Thursday Flt 202
SVO-JFK 1100-1330
Again as always no exact start up date is listed.
OST-2010-0145
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
jetdudetim From United States of America, joined May 2009, 94 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2516 times:
jetdudetim From United States of America, joined May 2009, 94 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2501 times:
The video they have put on their web site, I suppose, is supposed to give confidence to potential investors/passengers. I guess. I'm not sure it does that for me.
I still find it interesting that the picture with the a/c model is a 747-400 and the actual a/c is a 747-200. Either we aren't supposed to have figured that out, or they just don't care.
I've grown old waiting for this airline to get their first flight off the ground-it might just be my last dying wish!
Well, at least he is able to bring his dream to life....hopefully.
burj From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 838 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 2392 times:
Wow where did they get an old PIA 747-200? I'm curious what the history of that plane is...age, other airlines who owned/flew it, etc?
Wonder if they will completely redo the interior, or will all the signs still have Urdu on them?
GothamSpotter From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2361 times:
Quoting burj (Reply 3): Wow where did they get an old PIA 747-200?
It was sitting in the Arizona desert. Evergreen actually bought it from PIA, presumably to convert to freighter, but they never did. The plane is 35 years old, delivered to TAP in 1975, sold to PIA in 1976 who flew it until 2005.
Current reg is N705BL.
It was involved in a belly landing at Islamabad in the 1980s when the crew forgot to lower the gear. Boeing repaired it to new specs.
Baltia claims the interior is being completely pimped out: only 340 seats, 2x4x2 in economy, IFE, internet, cell service. I'll believe that when I see it.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22023 posts, RR: 51 Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2357 times:
The Baltia 747-200 was built for TAP Portugal in 1975 and later acquired by PIA. She was parked in Marana since 2005.
levg79 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 989 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2164 times:
Vasu From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 3761 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2144 times:
Quoting GothamSpotter (Reply 4): Baltia claims the interior is being completely pimped out: only 340 seats, 2x4x2 in economy, IFE, internet, cell service. I'll believe that when I see it.
Really?! Aren't the tickets going to be terribly expensive? (especially given the fuel costs of an old guzzler like the 742)?
LoL actually some time ago they have said that they want to route their flights via Belgrade loooool
BEG certainly has a nice tradition in attracting odd or almost bankrupt airlines (Uzbekistan and Skyservice).
That video is just so creepy and nasty. The plane looks as if it is breaking down (isn't it?), and anyway who in their right mind would put their 747 without any engines in some sort of a desert to promote their airline?
jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 2048 times:
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Quoting GothamSpotter (Reply 4): Baltia claims the interior is being completely pimped out: only 340 seats, 2x4x2 in economy, IFE, internet, cell service.
I understand the internet but I thought cell phones were banned on flights to points in the US?
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Flylot From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 186 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 2002 times:
Quoting levg79 (Reply 7): How about they do any kind of service?
LOL Zing!
I like how there frequent flyer program is called "freeloaders"
20 years ago sending a junky 747 on these routes might have worked, but now....
okAY From Finland, joined Dec 2006, 549 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1611 times:
OMG, this whole story sound like some movie. An old, already out-of-service, incident involved 742 to be brought back from the desert? And the video..So tacky, one can see how they have really tried to make look like a quality video, but the outcome is just terrible. But somehow the whole thing interests me, I'm defo gonna keep my eye on this, to see if the ops ever materialise! Talk about getting a long nose if they do, but I'll be happy to be a Pinocchio in that case!
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