Baltia Air Lines Inc. (fka BLTA)

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USA/Russian Sanctions - always thought this had an impact on Baltia - being held back intentionally, but FAA would never admit it - orders from a higher power perhaps (Whitehouse etc.)

The US and EU have imposed an array of sanctions on Russian individuals and businesses in response to the annexation of Crimea and the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

The deaths of 298 people on board a Malaysia Airlines plane destroyed over eastern Ukraine on 17 July triggered tougher EU sanctions.

The US published lists of individuals and companies hit by travel bans and asset freezes on 19 March, 20 March, 28 April, 16 July and 12 September. The EU's lists were issued on 17 March, 23 March, 29 April, 12 May, 25 July, 30 July, 12 September and 18 December.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26672800