Baltia Air Lines Inc. (fka BLTA)

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Well there is not much room left to expand in the niche US to Russia market.

on May 23, 2008, the DOT decided to grant the requests of United and American. Under the U.S.-Russia
aviation agreement, U.S. carriers may operate 63 weekly scheduled combination frequencies. Those
frequencies are currently undersubscribed, with sufficient frequencies available to satisfy the United and
American requests. The proposed services of United and American would offer travelers new and/or
additional U.S. carrier service options in the restricted U.S.-Russia market. Accordingly, we have
determined that grant of the pending requests, as conditioned below, is consistent with the public interest.
With regard to Baltia, taking into account all the elements of record, we see no persuasive basis to deny
the requested authority. Similarly, with respect to Aeroflot, we are not persuaded to withhold the
authority sought here by United and American; we will instead address Aeroflot’s concerns separately.
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2008-0157-0004

As per Steffanie Lewis's unsuccessful opposition: Through negotiations, the U.S. obtained 63 frequencies in the US-Russia market.
This huge number of frequencies should enable nine U.S. carriers to operate daily round
trips to Russia seven days a week. But, only one US carrier, Delta, actually operates into
Russia. Yet, only 15 of the 63 frequencies remain available today. Further, if the current
applications of United and American are granted, only 7 frequencies would remain.

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2008-0157-0004