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USGlobal Airways: a 29-year airline that never flew

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 03, 2026
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For 29 years, Baltia Air Lines — later renamed USGlobal Airways — existed as a real company with real investors, real Boeing 747s, and real executives. It never carried a single paying passenger. According to Wikipedia, it also “never generated any revenue outside of that raised from investors.”

Igor Dmitrowsky founded the airline in New York City on Aug…

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