[2] Baltia Airlines was founded in August 1989 by Igor Dmitrowsky in New York City with the aim of operating flights from NYC's John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Soviet Union.
But in 1998, Baltia put a deposit down on an ex Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-200, and the airline did not have enough capital to start flying and the United States Department of Transportation revoked its route authority.
[11][12] On June 19, 2017, USglobal airlines filed an 8K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that Logistics Air LLC "has made a demand for payment of outstanding payables in the amount of $8,850,000.
[15] On November 30, 2017, the airline issued a press release stating that their agreement to purchase Songbird had been terminated as it was not the "best decision for the company".
The first major accomplishment was the election of Connie Kalitta to the company's board of directors on October 31, 2016,[18] subsequently resigning on January 31, 2017.
[20] The stock of the company has been revoked by the SEC and no longer trades after failing to file financial reports for 2 years, and hence Baltia is an airline in name only.
[25] Benjamin Schlappig, creator of the prominent One Mile At a Time aviation website,[26] has labelled Baltia "a scam"[27] and has said that they are "pretending that they're actually going to start flying some day soon".