Baltic: flydubai opens flights from Riga, Vilnius to Dubai

UAE’s state-owned air carrier, flydubai, has opened regular flights from the Latvian and Lithuanian capitals, Riga and Vilnius, to Dubai, LETA and ELTA reported. The company will have three flights per week on both routes. Jeyhun Efendi, senior vice-president for commercial operations at flydubai, said that the airline planned to open flights to the Estonian…

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Lithuania: Tour operator moves Egypt flights from Vilnius to Kaunas

The Lithuanian tour operator, Join UP! Baltic, will move its charter flights to Egypt from Vilnius to Kaunas as of 17 December 2025 due to disruptions caused by smuggler balloons from Belarus, BNS reports. Lithuania’s airport operator, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (LTOU), said that the tour operator’s flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh would operate from…

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Lithuania: Several detained after smuggler balloons disrupt flights

Several people were detained in Lithuania after smuggler balloons disrupted flights at Vilnius International Airport (VIA) overnight on 4 October 2025, LRT reports. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, director of the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC), said that 10 of the 25 weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes had been found and several suspects who tried to retrieve the…

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Lithuania: Smuggler balloons from Belarus disrupt flights at Vilnius Airport

Smuggler balloons from Belarus disrupted flights at Lithuania’s Vilnius International Airport (VIA) overnight on 4 October 2025, LRT reports. The National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) reported that 25 meteorological balloons, most likely carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus. State-run airport operator Lietuvos Oro Uostai (LTOU) suspended flights at VIA at around 10pm on…

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