Lithuanian Airports

A new chief operations officer, Valdas Stropus, has joined the top management team of Lithuanian Airports, the company said on Tuesday.

The risk-sharing partnership model, which was introduced by Lithuanian Airports and successfully connected Vilnius Airport with London City airport last year, is continuing. Lithuanian airports and the airline airBaltic have signed a joint investment agreement, under which regular flights will opera...

The new Board of Directors of AB Lietuvos oro uostai (Lithuanian Airports) will start its work on 23 March, the authority said on Wednesday. It will consist of four independent board members and one civil servant of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Lithuanian Airports said Tuesday that Lufthansa has cancelled all flights between Vilnius Airport and Frankfurt scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week.

Four flights to and from Vilnius Airport will be cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a strike by Germany's airline Lufthansa staff, a spokesman for Lithuanian Airports says.

Lithuanian Airports has announced plans to offer more regular destinations this spring.

Last week, the minister of transport mentioned that Lithuania may consider buying shares of Latvian airline airBaltic. CEO of Lithuanian Airports Simonas Bartkus notes that 4 airBaltic planes are based in Lithuania currently and the number could increase to 7 in the future.

Swedish airline SAS plans to offer regular flights between Vilnius and Stockholm (Arlanda Airport) three times a day from April 2024, an announcement on the SAS ticketing website says.

Lithuanian Airports announces it has entered a EUR 38,000 (excluding VAT) contract with Stuart Energy to design electric charging stations at aprons of Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga airports.

Bomb threats were made against Vilnius and Kaunas Airports on Monday morning prompting an evacuation. Emergency services determined this to be a hoax and both airports soon resumed operations.

In October 2023, nearly 597,000 passengers were served in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga Airports, stated joint stock company Lithuanian Airports.

Lithuanian Airports has entered into a contract agreement with HISK, an infrastructure construction company that successfully secured the public procurement bid. HISK will oversee the expansion and development of Kaunas Airport’s northern apron, with a contract value of EUR 15 million (excluding VAT...

In 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania, together with external consultants, prepared a plan to promote flights to destinations which have strategic importance for Lithuania. Now, Lithuanian Airports are introducing a new incentive model and launching an international call...

With the continued growth in air passenger traffic, almost half a million passengers were served at Lithuanian airports in April, and the total number of aircraft was even higher than in the same period in 2019, when the peak of flights was recorded. Kaunas Airport is showing the most impressive gro...

Latvian airline airBaltic cancelled its flights to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and the country's resort town of Palanga after the Latvian government decided to restrict travel to and from Lithuania.

A governmental commission that vets strategic deals has launched a review of Nuctech, a Chinese company bidding for an aviation security equipment contract from the operator of Lithuania's three international airports.

Air Baltic is on Tuesday launching flights between Vilnius and Kiev.

Lithuania's airports are scheduled to add more flight destinations to their schedules in September, with the biggest flight increases expected in the direction of the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Ireland.

Turkish airline Turkish Airlines has resumed flights between Vilnius and Istanbul.

Palanga Airport is preparing for an important reconstruction in the autumn of 2021, as the runway of the airport will be reconstructed and other works will include renewal of the taxiway and other parts of the apron. The search for a contractor for these works will be announced this week and the con...