Passenger screening procedures have been stepped up at the Lithuanian airports in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga since September 1, with some of the passengers subjected to additional checks for possible contact with explosives.
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More than fifty enemy soldiers crossed the Lithuanian border and moved to direction of Kaunas and overtaken Karmėlava International Airport. Italian, British forces and paratroopers were sent to deal with the situation in question.
The Lithuanian Transport Ministry has come up with an idea to find a concessioner for the management of the country’s three international airports.
In January, a total of 257,000 incoming and outgoing passengers used Lithuanian airports, or by 16.5 percent more than in January 2014.
The number of passengers at Lithuanian airports increased by 16.5 percent during the first month of this year, compared to the same calendar period last year, the state enterprise Lithuanian Airports reports.
Last year, a total of 3.8 million passengers used the services of Lithuania's three airports in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga, or 9.1 percent more than in 2013.
The second shipment of euro banknotes was delivered to Lithuania on Wednesday.
Based on preliminary data, in August 2014 year-on-year, 7.6 percent more passengers, both inbound and outbound, were serviced in Lithuanian airports. Meanwhile Lithuanian airlines carried 4.7 percent less passengers.
From 1 July State Enterprise (SE) Kaunas Airport and SE Palanga International Airport will be merged into SE Vilnius International Airport, with SE Vilnius International Airport as the surviving entity taking over rights, obligations and contracts of SE Kaunas Airport and SE Palanga International Ai...