In the first month of this year, Lithuanian Airports handled more than 250 thousand passengers and more than 3 thousand flights. By comparison, in January last year, the three airports handled only around 53,000 passengers and just over 1,300 flights.   As Aurimas Stikliūnas, Head of Aviation Services Division at Lithuanian Airports, points out, in terms of &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

The beginning of 2022 and the rising total number of COVID-19 cases already show a completely different trend &#8211; European countries are no longer moving in the direction of bans, but on the contrary, the requirements for travellers are being relaxed, and, according to the aviation experts of Lithuanian airports, an increasing number of countries &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

In 2021, Lithuanian airports handled almost 2.5 million passengers, 37% more than in 2020, when they handled just over 1.8 million. According to aviation experts, in 2021, aviation flows at Lithuanian airports grew in almost all main categories, with the active phase of recovery starting in the middle of the year. European and Lithuanian aviation sector &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

SAS, together with Lithuanian Airports, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the direct regular route between Vilnius and Copenhagen. On January 21st, 1992, SAS for the first time connected the Lithuanian and Danish capitals. Nowadays, the route is operated twice daily. Aurimas Stikliūnas, Head of Aviation Services at Lithuanian Airports, commends the long-term relationship with what &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

The prototype electric bus Dancer developed and manufactured in Lithuania is being tested for passenger transportation at Vilnius Airport. The prototype of a fully environmentally friendly vehicle, adapting the latest scientific discoveries, is being developed by a subsidiary of the Vėjo Projektai group, Elektrinio transporto sistemos, which is implementing a project funded by the European &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

Following the completion of the necessary inspection procedures, the largest airfield renovation project in the country&#8217;s aviation history at Vilnius Airport will be officially completed in January 2022. During the three-year reconstruction, new taxiways were upgraded and installed, surfaces were modified and widened to allow larger aircraft to taxi, and environmentally friendly solutions were introduced. &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

Lithuanian Airports have completed a public procurement tender, during which a private sector company was selected to provide additional personnel for aviation security services at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports. “Ekskomisarų biuras”, one of the largest security companies in Lithuania, won the tender, in which a total of five companies participated, and an agreement on &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

In March 2022, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will start direct flights between Vilnius and Zurich. The first flight is scheduled for 30 March 2022. Regular direct flights will be operated twice a week. The new route is strategically important for both Lithuanian Airports and tourism and business partners. ‘In expanding the Lithuanian map of flights, &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>

In November 2021, more than 308 thousand passengers were served at Lithuanian Airports, while in the same period in 2020 the number of 43 thousand passengers served at the airports was recorded. According to aviation experts, Kaunas Airport is namely the airport at which an exclusively active period of recovery can be recently noticed. According to &hellip; <a href="https://vilnius-airport.lt/en/no-more-restrictions-on-arrivals-from-the-eu/">Continued</a>