Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Vilnius (April 5, 2020)

Location:  Lithuania

Event:

Today the last scheduled International commercial flight will depart for Minsk.  If you are seeking to return to the United States and have not submitted an email to the consular section. Please do it as soon as possible. While all passenger air travel is banned, there may be exceptions for some charter flights. We need to know who may want to travel if a flight becomes available. Contact the consular section at consec@state.gov.

Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is important. Please pass the word to other Americans to enroll at https://step.state.gov/ .

For emergency American Citizens Services, including emergency passports, please write or call (consec@state.gov ; +370-5-266-5600 during working hours 10-12, 14-16 Monday through Friday).

UPDATE ON FLIGHTS AND FERRIES: APRIL 5 AND LATER

 Vilnius Airport

Belavia’s flights from Vilnius to Minsk will be suspended starting Monday until April 16.  These weekend flights have been exempted to travel:

  • April 5: B2804 departing Vilnius at 20:40, arriving Minsk at 21:15

Listed below are the dates when the commercial airlines are anticipating on resuming the flights

(red marks a change since April 1st review):

  • April 12 – LOT flights from Vilnius to Warsaw;
  • April 16 – Belavia flights from Vilnius to Minsk;
  • April 20 – Scandinavian Airlines flights from Vilnius to Stockholm and Copenhagen;
  • April 20 – Lufthansa flights from Vilnius to Frankfurt;
  • April 20 – Brussels Airlines flights from Vilnius to Brussels;
  • April 25 – Austrian Airlines flights from Vilnius to Vienna;
  • April 25 – Ukrainian Airlines flights from Vilnius to Kyiv;
  • May 1 – Turkish Airlines flights from Vilnius to Istanbul;
  • May 1 – Air Baltic flights from Vilnius to Riga and other destinations;
  • May 1 – Aeroflot flights from Vilnius to Moscow;
  • May 1 – Norwegian flights from Vilnius to Oslo;
  • May 1 – Wizzair flights from Vilnius to multiple destinations;
  • May 8 (possibly June) – Ryanair flights from Vilnius to multiple destinations;
  • July 1 – Finnair flights from Vilnius to Helsinki.

Kaunas Airport

Listed below are the dates when the commercial airlines are anticipating on resuming the flights:

  • April 13 – LOT flights from Kaunas to Warsaw;
  • May 1 – Wizzair flights from Kaunas to multiple destinations;
  • May 2 – Norwegian flights from Kaunas to Oslo.
  • May 8 (possibly June) – Ryanair flights from Kaunas to multiple destinations;

Palanga Airport

Listed below are the dates when the commercial airlines are anticipating on resuming the flights:

  • April 20 – Scandinavian Airlines flights from Palanga to Copenhagen;
  • May 1 – Air Baltic flights from Palanga to Riga;
  • May 1 – Norwegian flights from Palanga to Oslo;
  • May 9 (possibly June)- Ryanair flights from Palanga to London Stansted and Dublin;
  • July 1 – LOT flights from Palanga to Warsaw.

Klaipeda – Ferries

  • DFDS ferries are scheduled to operate the following routes on April 5:
  • DFDS ferry Klaipeda – Kiel, departing Klaipeda at 22:00.

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