Vilnius International Airport

Flights between Vilnius and London City will continue despite the current PSO contract for the route coming to an end.

Aurimas Stikliunas, CEO of Lithuanian Airports, explains how Vilnius Airport plans to grow its total capacity to eight million passengers and grow its network.

The startup plans to fly between Germany and holiday destinations.

Four new destinations are being added to its network.

Leeds Bradford will become a new point on the airline’s route map following the closure of Doncaster Sheffield.

Beirut, Copenhagen and Helsinki are among the destinations receiving new routes to Turkey this summer.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

A third aircraft will be based in Lithuania’s capital, while Wizz’s Abu Dhabi-based offshoot is starting flights to Bahrain.

Routes rounds up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

With airBaltic announcing that three new leisure destinations will be added to its network in July, we take a look at the Latvian carrier’s summer schedule.

The oneworld alliance member hopes to fly to more than 60 destinations this summer.

From March 28, Vilnius flights will be brought into the arrangement.

Their new agreement covers routes from Latvia and Lithuania to Munich.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The flag-carriers of Iceland and Latvia have signed an agreement that opens new markets for both airlines.

With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week: airBaltic’s new route to Dublin; Air New Zealand resuming flights to Tokyo; and Luxair re-entering a market it last served in 2007.

Routes speaks to Aurimas Stikliūnas, the head of Aviation Services at Lithuanian Airports, about how the coronavirus crisis has affected Vilnius Airport (VNO) and what is being done to re-stimulate demand.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A record number of votes were received for this year’s awards. Discover which airports and destinations have been recognised for their marketing achievements by the airline network planning community.

After the merger of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga Airports last year, the Lithuanian air gateways have witnessed a significant increase in passenger and flight volumes, sales and overall net profit over a year-long period.

airBaltic has an order for 13 CS300s, the first of which is due to arrive in the third quarter of 2016 and is understood to be considering converting options for a further seven aircraft. It plans to use the aircraft for a mix of short- and medium-haul flying, including its Riga – Abu Dhabi route which it serves in partnership with Etihad Airways.

The regional airline closed its doors at 12:00 Noon on May 22, 2015 after operating flights that morning between Vilnius and Amsterdam, Paris and Tallinn. It is the latest in a long line of airline failures in Lithuania, which is proving to be among Europe’s most difficult country markets to serve.

The twice weekly service to the Lithuanian capital will begin operating on September 16, 2015 and will operate year-round on Wednesdays and Sundays.

The Lithuanian airport network has undergone a dramatic change, and is subsequently on the rise. Jurate Baltrusaityte, Chief Commercial Officer, Enterprise Lithuanian Airports, gave Routes delegates an insight into the future of the Lithuanian airport network, at the Routes Europe Strategy Summit.