& US

. DepCNtnwn t o f 120 0 Ne w jerse yAvenue , S E Transportatio n Washington , D C 2059 0 Of f ic e O f th e Secretar

y o f Transportatio n
Marc h 9 , 201 0 B Y FAX ; (202 ) 296-117 5 Steffani e J
. Lewi s Th e Internationa l Busines s Law Firm , P C 191 5 Ey e St. , NW , Suit e 50 0 Washington , D C 20006-211 8 Re : Docke t DOT-OST-2007-000 7 Applicatio n o f

Balti aAirlines , Inc
. Sectio n 4110 2 Certificat e Authorit y Dea r Ms
. Lewis : Thi s i s i n respons e t o you r Decembe r

23 , 2009 , reques t

fo r an extensio n fro mth e revocatio n for dormanc y provision s o f

sectio n 204. 7 (1 4 CF R§ 204.7)
. Sectio n 204. 7 state s that an ai r carrie r mus t commenc e operation s fo r whic h it wa s foun dfi t

withi n on e year

afte r th e dat e o f

suc h a finding
. I n th e cas e o f

Balti aAirlines , Inc
. ("Baltia") , th e Departmen t foun dth e compan y fit

b y Orde r 2009-3-7 , effectiv e Marc h 9 , 2009
. Therefore , Balti aha s unti l Marc h 9 , 2010 , t o mak e it s authority effectiv e an dcommenc e fligh t operations
. In support

o f Baltia' s extensio n request , yo u provide dinformatio n verifyin g that Balti a continue s t o hav e th e ke y managemen t persorme l require db y th e Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n ("FAA" ) an dacces s t o financia l resource s sufficien t t o mee t th e Department' s fitnes s requirements
. I n addition , Balti acontend s tha t it i s makin g progres s i n obtainin g certificatio n fro mth e FAA , havin g recentl y purchase daBoein g 747-20 0 o n Decembe r 7 , 2009 , an ddelivere daircraf

t an dcompan y manual s t o th e FA A for revie w o n Decembe r

8 , 2009
. Afte r reviewing th e informatio n yo u submitte di n support o f an extensio n an dconferrin g with th e FAA , w e hav e conclude dthat ther e i s goo dcaus e t o gran t you r reques t for a n extension
. However , w e fee l tha t

amor e limite dextensio n tha n requeste di s warranted
. Thus , w e wil l gran t Balti aan additional si x months , tha t i s unti l Septembe r

9 , 2010 , t o fulfil l th e condition s o f Orde r 2009-3-7
. W e remin dBalti atha t

i t i s not ou r coirmio n practic e t o gran t request s for

extension s absen t

a clea r expectatio n o n ou r

par t tha t ou r action s i n thes e matter s wil l allo w Balti at o commenc e operation s a s acertificate dai r carrie r b y Septembe r

9 , 2010
. I

f Balti ai s not

abl e t o commenc e operation s b y tha t

date , i t may reques t

awaive r o f th e requirement s o f

sectio n 204.7
. However , Balti ashoul db e awar e tha t suc h waiver s ar e not

grante droutinely , bu t

onl y wher e "goo dcause " i s shown
. In showin g goo dcause , Balti awoul dhav e t o provid e adequat e evidenc e that i t stil lmeet s th e Department' s fitnes s criteri aan dtha t it ha s complete dnearl y al l o f th e step s t o commenc e operation s (e.g. , ha s th e necessar y personnel , financial resources , an daircraft , an d tha t it i s wel l advance di n it s FA A certificatio n process)
. An y suc h waive r reques t woul dhav e t o b e file dwit

h th e Departmen t

o f Transportatio n Docket s sectio n (an origina l an d7 copies , accompanie db y a$28 0 filin g fee ) an dreceive dbefor e Septembe r 9 , 2010
. I f yo u hav e an y question s concernin g thi s matter , pleas e contac t Damo n Walke r

o f my staf f o n (202 ) 366-7785
. Sincerely ,

Lauraly n J
. Rem o Chief , Ai r Carrie r Fitnes s Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s

cc : Docke t

DOT-OST-2007-000 7 Mr
. Igo r Dmitrowsky Presiden t & CE O Balti aAi r Lines , Inc
. 63-2 5 Saunder s St. , ST E 7 1 RegoPark , NY 1137 4 Mr
. Joh n Krep p FA A FSDO-1 5 Easter n Regio n 99 0 Stewart

Ave. , Suit e 63 0 Garde n City , NY 1153 0