OREANDA-NEWS. May 30, 2011. As the summer flight season is gaining momentum, Vilnius Airport welcomes new airlines and new routes. Sixteen airlines will operate regular flights from Vilnius to 29 European airports, reported the press-centre of Vilnius Airport.

Irish airline Ryanair opens a new route to a German city Bremen from 25 May. Flights will operate 4 times a week. It is already the sixth route of Ryanair from Vilnius Airport.

On 7 June Swedish airline Skyways resumes its flights from/to Vilnius Airport. Skyways will fly to two European capitals – Stockholm and Berlin. Swedish flights from Vilnius to Stockholm Arlanda airport will operate every business day.

Estonian Air also operates flights from Vilnius to Stockholm Arlanda airport. It offers 11 flights between Sweden and Lithuania per week.

Skyways will also open daily (except for Saturdays) flights from Vilnius to Berlin Tegel Airport. Skyways flights will be operated by an Embraer 145 jet airplane with 48 seats.

Wizz Air adds a new route from Vilnius to Dortmund Airport from 26 July. Wizz Air operates 8 routes from Vilnius Airport in total.

“This summer Vilnius and Germany will have an extremely good connection as the new route of Wizz Air will be the fourth direct route from Vilnius to German airports. Different carriers cover almost the whole Germany: Lufthansa flies to Frankfurt, Skyways to Berlin, Ryanair to Bremen, and at the end of July Wizz Air will open a new route to Dortmund,” says Tomas Vaisvila, General Manager of Vilnius International Airport.

Flights from Vilnius to Dortmund will operate 3 times a week. Dortmund is a new destination on the map of Vilnius Airport – there have never been flights to this airport before. Wizz Air expects to carry 40,000 passengers from Vilnius to Dortmund per year.

This summer Vilnius Airport will service 600 flights per week.