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Lithuania or the Republic of Lithuania is one leading countries in the northern part of Europe. Located along the south-eastern coastline of the Baltic Sea, Lithuania shares its boundaries with Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Kaliningrad Oblast - the exclave of Russia. Various regions of Lithuania are well-connected by a number of highways, railways and waterways as well as sea and river ports. It is also conveniently linked with its neighboring countries of Poland, Latvia, Belarus and Kaliningrad with several railway tracks. Lithuania is also favorably connected with a wide array of flights that are operated from almost 72 airports of the country. All the airports in Lithuania altogether have got nine paved runways and 63 unpaved runways. The international airports of the country include Palanga International Airport, Vilnius International Airport, Kaunas International Airport and Siauliai International Airport. The domestic airports of Lithuania comprise Akmene Airport, Jurbarkas Airport, Kazlu Ruda Airport, Nida Airport, Pociunai Airport, Panevezys Airport, Zarasai Airport, Utena Airport, Zarasai Airport and Nida Airport.
| The Kaunas International Airport serves primarily the city of Kaunas in Lithuania and is the second civil airport in the country after the Vilnius International Airport in terms of the number of passengers it serves. Positioned within 15 kilometers of the city centre, the Kaunas International Airport operates mostly cargo and passenger flights. Ryanair is the primary airline that operates its flights to and from Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Shanon. Sited within 7 kilometers of the capital city of Vilnius in its south, the Vilnius International Airport happens to be the biggest civil airport of Lithuania.
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Vilnius Airport began operating its flights in 1944 and the old terminal was formed in 1954. Founded in 1991 by the Ministry of Transportation of Lithuania, the Vilnius International Airport is presently owned by a state. Air Baltic flew the maximum number of passengers from this airport in the 2006 and next to it was flyLal or the Lithuanian Airlines. This airport also serves the flights operated by Lufthansa, Aeroflot, Austrian Airlines, Czech Airlines, Finnair and SAS. Other airlines operating flights from the Vilnius International Airport comprise El Al, Aer Lingus, Flysmaland, LOT Polish Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Hemus Air, Karthago Airlines, Air Malta and UTair Aviation. This airport serves the flights operated to and from Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Moscow, Dublin, Istanbul, London, Munich, Moscow, Oslo, Valeta, Varna and Riga.
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