Minister for transport Marius Skuodis in Palanga airport together with representatives from Palanga city municipality and Lithuanian airports announced the start of reconstruction of Palanga airport. Starting from Monday, the 6th September, Palanga airport is closed for a minimum period of 45 days, during which runway, taxiway and platform will be modernized, aircraft ramp will […]
Lithuanian Airports have completed the management and conversion of the area near Kaunas Airport. After the completion of the project, which restructured a territory of 60 hectares, it was adapted for setting up and developing businesses. Preparations for the works lasted several years, but within 10 months, during which two contractor companies carried out demolition […]
The European Commission (EC) has approved a public support measure for Palanga Airport in Lithuania under EU State aid rules. Investment aid amounting to €10.25 million is planned for the modernisation of the airport’s infrastructure: reconstruction of the runway, taxiway, southern and northern aircraft aprons, and refurbishment of engineering systems. The European Commission assessed the […]
Lithuanian airports combining three air gateways in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga record a rapid recovery of passenger aviation. Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the number of passengers more than doubled and the supply of flights was 71% higher in the second quarter. Higher number of those who want to travel Lithuanian airports served […]
Lithuanian Airports welcome the summer with a record number of new destinations this year. According to the airlines’ current plans, almost 80 direct routes are expected to be operating at the country’s airports from June, including almost 50 routes to be renewed. According to Aurimas Stikliūnas, Head of Aviation Services at Lithuanian Airports, given the […]
Despite the challenges faced by the aviation sector, the gross revenue of Lithuanian Airports amounted to EUR 22.7 million last year (54% less than in the record-breaking year 2019). Lithuanian Airports incurred a loss of EUR 9.8 million in 2020 due to the result of the asset depreciation test. It highlights that despite the challenges of the pandemic, airports […]
As vaccination campaigns accelerate in the European continent, the challenges of the pandemic for travellers in some countries are gradually shrinking. When comparing aviation flows in March and April of this year at three Lithuanian airports, in the last month there has already been a higher flow of passengers (30 per cent growth) and a […]
This week, Lithuanian Airports have signed a contract with a Latvian construction company A.C.B. The latter plans to reconstruct, already in the autumn of this year, Palanga Airport runway, also the taxiway and some parts of the apron of the airport. This company already has experience in reconstructing Vilnius Airport runway in 2017. The company, […]
Lithuanian Airports have launched a land lease auction as Kaunas Airport aims to further develop infrastructure for aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). The airport operator aims to attract foreign and Lithuanian investors via the launched auction. Kaunas Airport is already the largest base for aircraft maintenance in the Baltics. According to Justinas Stepšys, Head […]
Due to a complicated pandemic situation in the world, during the first quarter of this year, Lithuanian Airports recorded lower flight flows, number of passengers and quantities of cargo transported by air compared to the last quarter of 2020. The stagnation recorded by Lithuanian Airports at the beginning of the first quarter of this year […]
