New Airline In Lithuania: Air Lituanica

A new Lithuanian airline plans to launch operations next year and establish itself as the Baltic nation’s flag carrier. Air Lituanica plans to introduce flights during 2013 and succeed with previous national entities Lithuanian Airlines and flyLAL have failed by establishing a sustainable network of routes from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and its second city Kaunus

The start-up plans to initially operate to six destinations with flights from Vilnius and Kaunus. These comprise the western resort town of Palanga and international services to Amsterdam, Brussels, Kiev, London and Moscow. In 2014, there are plans to add flights to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, St Petersburg, Stockholm and Tbilisi, while Istanbul is on the radar for 2015