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New U.S. Airline to Fly From New York to Russia
NEW YORK, May 25 2006-
Baltia Air Lines a new U.S. airline based at the JFK Airport in New York at Terminal 4, is getting ready to start nonstop service to St. Petersburg, Russia with a Boeing 747. Currently, the only other U.S. airline operating to Russia is Delta Air Lines which flies nonstop to Moscow.
The startup airline is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Bulletin Board under the symbol BLTA, and is also listed in Europe on the Frankfurt exchange. Baltia Air Lines will provide high quality First, Business and Coach passenger service. It will also provide reliable express cargo service under the Baltia name, as well as carry containers for major overnight shippers.
After starting the JFK-St. Petersburg nonstop service, Baltia plans to develop its initial route network flying nonstop from JFK to Riga, Kiev and Minsk. Baltia Air Lines' goal is to become the leader in full-service passenger, cargo and mail transportation between the major U.S. cities and the capital cities of Eastern Europe.
Baltia wants to go well beyond the so called "normal service" manifested by recent service cutbacks on large airlines. Baltia plans services that no other airline is presenting, including delicious meals prepared by top chefs from outstanding restaurants in both New York and St. Petersburg, which should make traveling with Baltia a very comfortable and unique experience.
Current traffic between JFK and St. Petersburg is carried by European airlines with one or two connecting flights, because only U.S. and Russian airlines can operate nonstop between the two nations. Analysts expect that new U.S. airlines such as Baltia, Jet Blue, South West and others will do well and lead the American airline industry in the years to come.
Website: http://www.baltia.com
A NEW website highlighting stylish hotels in Brighton hopes to bring an end to lengthy trawls through official tourist board lists of old-fashioned B&Bs and tired hotel chains.
Boutiquebrighton.co.uk, launched this week, aims to bring together some of the seaside city's funkiest small, contemporary hotels, many of which have opened in the past five years as the town's reputation for having some of the country's most interesting modern rooms has grown in leaps and bounds.
The website has begun with four hotels - Alvia Hotel, Brightonwave, the White House and Drakes - but aims to bring the number up to ten "choice picks", with a possibility of expanding listings further depending on interest.
"I got the idea for the site after finding it hard to get the kind of contemporary hotel I was looking for when I was planning a weekend break," says Rachele Grieve, founder of Boutiquebrighton.co.uk, which is offering half price on rooms on third nights for people who book three nights.
"There are so many places with clean, fresh looks - modern designs, really nice places. But it has been a question of how do you find them?" she says.
Website: http://www.boutiquebrighton.co.uk