Lithuania

Vilnius Airport temporarily closes again over threat from smuggler balloons

October 31, 2025

BY LRT.lt. (Flights resumed at 22:45 last night.) Vilnius Airport temporarily halted operations Thursday evening due to a reported threat from weather balloons launched from neighbouring Belarus, officials said. According [..]

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Several flights from the temporarily closed Vilnius Airport were also diverted to Riga

October 5, 2025

Several flights from the temporarily closed Vilnius Airport were diverted to Riga last night, according to data from the flight monitoring website Flightradar24. Information on the website shows that seven [..]

Lithuania

Drone sighting temporarily halts flights at Vilnius Airport

August 22, 2025

Jonas Deveikis, LRT.lt Air traffic at Vilnius Airport was temporarily suspended early Wednesday after a drone was spotted near the Lithuanian capital, authorities said. Around midnight, air navigation specialists reported [..]

Lithuania

New destination from Vilnius Airport: regular flights to Budapest starting mid-summer

March 27, 2025

Wizz Air is expanding its network of regular routes in Lithuania with a new connection between Vilnius Airport and the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Flights will commence on June 30 and [..]

Lithuania

Summer takes off at Lithuanian airports with new destinations and more frequent flights

March 17, 2025

As the aviation summer season kicks off at the end of March, traditional airlines will play an even greater role in enhancing Lithuania’s air connectivity. Travelers from Vilnius, Kaunas, and [..]

Lithuania

New Departure Terminal at Vilnius Airport Officially Opened

February 13, 2025

The new passenger departure terminal at Vilnius Airport was officially opened, paving the way for enhanced capacity to accommodate the growing number of travellers and improving the country’s connectivity. This [..]

Lithuania

A new airline at Vilnius Airport: Israir Airlines plans to start flights from April

February 5, 2025

Israir Airlines plans to start operating direct regular flights between Tel Aviv and Vilnius from the end of April this year. Until now, this company has not operated flights in [..]

Lithuania

Passengers will be required to remove liquids at Vilnius Airport terminal due to EU rules

September 24, 2024

Equipment installed at Vilnius Airport’s new passenger departure terminal, due to open in February, would allow passengers not to remove liquids during screening, but new EU regulations do not allow [..]

Lithuania

Vilnius airport’s central square reopens after renovation

September 1, 2024

Vilnius Airport’s central square reopened to passengers and vehicles at 4 a.m. on Thursday, offering three times as many parking spaces – 350 in total – as before its renovation. [..]

Lithuania

Air Baltic to launch Vilnius-Dusseldorf flights in late October

August 14, 2024

Latvia’s Air Baltic is set to launch flights between Vilnius and Dusseldorf in Germany from October 31, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU) said on Tuesday. LTOU has signed an [..]

Lithuania

Court rejects Ryanair, Wizz Air appeals against new Vilnius Airport charges

March 29, 2024

A Vilnius court has rejected appeals by Irish and Hungarian airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air against increased charges at Vilnius Airport in 2023, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU), the [..]

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Vilnius Airport receives anonymous bomb threat, evacuates passengers

November 15, 2023

Vilnius Airport received an anonymous call on Wednesday morning, saying that a bomb had been planted, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU), the airport operator in Lithuania, said. In response, [..]

Lithuania

Security audit not key reason for tightening procedures at Vilnius Airport – operator

October 2, 2023

A recent security audit at Vilnius Airport is not the main reason for the tightening of aviation security and screening procedures which are causing queues at the airport, Simonas Bartkus, [..]