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Off ice Of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

March 9, 2010 

BY FAX; (202) 296-1175 

Steffanie J. Lewis 

The International Business Law Firm, PC 

1915 Eye St., NW, Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20006-2118 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2007-0007 

Application of Baltia Airlines, Inc. 

Section 41102 Certificate Authority 

Dear Ms. Lewis: 

This is in response to your December 23, 2009, request for an extension from the revocation for 

dormancy provisions of section 204.7 (14 CFR § 204.7). Section 204.7 states that an air carrier 

must commence operations for which it was found fit within one year after the date of such a 

finding. In the case of Baltia Airlines, Inc. ("Baltia"), the Department found the company fit by 

Order 2009-3-7, effective March 9, 2009. Therefore, Baltia has until March 9, 2010, to make 

its authority effective and commence flight operations. 

In support of Baltia's extension request, you provided information verifying that Baltia 

continues to have the key management persormel required by the Federal Aviation 

Administration ("FAA") and access to financial resources sufficient to meet the Department's 

fitness requirements. In addition, Baltia contends that it is making progress in obtaining 

certification from the FAA, having recently purchased a Boeing 747-200 on December 7, 2009, 

and delivered aircraft and company manuals to the FAA for review on December 8, 2009. 

After reviewing the information you submitted in support of an extension and conferring with 

the FAA, we have concluded that there is good cause to grant your request for an extension. 

However, we feel that a more limited extension than requested is warranted. Thus, we will 

grant Baltia an additional six months, that is until September 9, 2010, to fulfill the conditions of 

Order 2009-3-7. 

We remind Baltia that it is not our coirmion practice to grant requests for extensions absent a 

clear expectation on our part that our actions in these matters will allow Baltia to commence 

operations as a certificated air carrier by September 9, 2010. If Baltia is not able to commence 

operations by that date, it may request a waiver of the requirements of section 204.7. However, 

Baltia should be aware that such waivers are not granted routinely, but only where "good cause" 

is shown. In showing good cause, Baltia would have to provide adequate evidence that it still 
meets the Department's fitness criteria and that it has completed nearly all of the steps to 

commence operations (e.g., has the necessary personnel, financial resources, and aircraft, and 

that it is well advanced in its FAA certification process). Any such waiver request would have 

to be filed with the Department of Transportation Dockets section (an original and 7 copies, 

accompanied by a $280 filing fee) and received before September 9, 2010. 

If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Damon Walker of my staff on 

(202) 366-7785. 

Sincerely, 

Lauralyn J. Remo 

Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2007-0007 

Mr. Igor Dmitrowsky 

President & CEO 

Baltia Air Lines, Inc. 

63-25 Saunders St., STE 71 

RegoPark, NY 11374 

Mr. John Krepp 

FAA FSDO-15 Eastern Region 

990 Stewart Ave., Suite 630 

Garden City, NY 11530