The Americans don't spare the allies of NATO…

The scandal with the banks Snoras and Latvijas Krвjbanka gets new sounding. It seems that the Baltic banks belonging to the Russian banker Vladimir Antonov, have really lost because of airBaltic, the doctor of economy Olga Pavuk writes on site IMHOclub. lv.

The authoritative economist in Latvia, the editor of the Internet edition “The Baltic course” reminds that Bertolt Flick, being the president of “airBaltic” and the private shareholder and possessing all powers on management of airline (on the basis of the contract with the Ministry of Communications), has begun the replacement of air fleet.

The first Boeing 737, the capacity of which is 120 seats, has appeared in 2003. Boeing 757 with 200 seats has followed it. But then Flick declared the intent to change ten airplanes Fokker not to Boeing, but to Bombardier.

And then the Americans were disturbed, having understood that they let go very large order, Olga Pavuk writes. There is a crisis in the aviation industry and each contract on purchase of the new airplane is worth its weight in gold. Under the version of the economist, the pressure has begun from the Americans on the government of Dombrovskis and the government began to think how to change the contract inconvenient for them of Flick with the Ministry of Communications which nobody cared about for three years.

Meanwhile, Flick searched for investors for crediting of large purchases. The creditor of airBaltic became Latvijas Krвjbanka, belonging to the Russian Vladimir Antonov through Lithuanian Snoras. The credits were given on the security of actives of airBaltic.

All this has even more disturbed the USA. Most likely, the author argues, they have pressed on the Latvian government, who had to search for a way to change the strange status of the owner of the controlling stock of airBaltic, not having the casting vote.

They have solved this question on the eve of extraordinary elections in the Seim. As a result, Flick has lost the work and the representatives of the state were in the majority in new board of airBaltic. All has fused: the government of Dombrovskis has found the rights of the main shareholder and the cases were brought about insolvency concerning the banks belonging to Antonov in Lithuania and Latvia.

According to the data of “The Baltic course”, the new chief executive and the chairman of the board of airBaltic Martin Gauss was invited to the conversation to the embassy of the USA in Latvia one of these days and it is not excluded that the question of Boeing was discussed there too.

And past Tuesday Gauss has informed that “more capacious airplanes” will be used on some routes of airBaltic, but he didn't name what kind of them. “We won't be surprised when we got to know that it will be Boeing — much more capacious and class above and it means, is more expensive than Bombardier”, the economist Olga Pavuk writes.