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Other Lithuanian
Airports
The airports at Kaunas and
Palanga have scheduled inter-
national flights, although they
are fairly limited compared to
those at Vilnius Airport. New
terminals are being built at both
the airports in an effort to make
them better equipped. From
Kaunas Airport, shuttle bus
number 120 goes to Savanorių
prospektas (avenue) and the
Old Town, while bus number International cargo and passenger carrier sailing out of Klaipėda
29 goes to the bus station. A
minibus shuttle travels twice Arriving by Sea DIRECTORY
daily between Kaunas Airport Lithuania’s only commercial
and Vilnius, connecting all maritime harbour, Klaipėda Airlines
Ryanair flights, as that is the only State Sea Port, is linked by airBaltic
carrier operating in Kaunas at ferry to ports in Germany, ∑ airbaltic.com
the moment. For information Sweden and Denmark. There
on airport bus services, log on are connections between Austrian Airlines
to Ollex. There are hourly buses Klaipėda and Kiel and Mukran ∑ austrian.lt
from Palanga Airport to in Germany, Copenhagen- Finnair
Palanga and many buses Fredericia, Aabenraa-Aarhus ∑ finnair.com
operate between Palanga in Denmark and Karlshamn LOT
and Klaipėda. airBaltic offers in Sweden. ∑ lot.com
its passengers free mini bus
services from Palanga Airport to Lufthansa
Klaipėda. Buses head north from Arriving by Coach ∑ lufthansa.com
the airport to Liepāja in Latvia. Lithuania has an extensive Nordica
network of roads connecting ∑ nordica.ee
the country to neighbouring
Arriving by Car Norwegian
states. It is fairly simple to reach
As Lithuania is part of the Lithuania by bus or coach from ∑ norwegian.com
Schengen zone, there are no Estonia or Latvia as there are Ryanair
restrictions on entering it from numerous cross ing points. ∑ ryanair.com
Schengen countries. Drivers There are express passenger SAS
entering the country by car do coaches from Vilnius to Rīga ∑ flysas.com
not need an international and Tallinn, as well as other
driver’s licence, but it is essen tial cities including Warsaw, Berlin, Airports
that they carry the vehicle’s Prague, Vienna, Kaliningrad and
registration documents, Moscow. On the other hand, Kaunas Airport
insu rance papers, a passport the journey from countries such Karmėlava.
and a licence from their country. as Germany or the UK is very Tel (37) 399 396.
All cars must carry a first-aid kit long and the incon venience is ∑ kaunas-airport.lt
and fire extinguisher. best avoided. Palanga Airport
Liepojos pl 1.
Tel (460) 52 020.
∑ palanga-airport.lt
Vilnius Airport
Rodūnios kelias 10a.
Tel 273 9305.
∑ vilnius-airport.lt
Airport Bus Services
Ollex
∑ ollex.lt
Ferry Information
Klaipėda State Sea Port
∑ portofklaipeda.lt
Airport terminal building, Palanga Airport in Western Lithuania