Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Vilnius (March 29, 2020)

Location:  Lithuania

Event: We ask that you check with your American friends and neighbors to see if they have signed up for Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP).  It is a system to contact members by the most efficient means possible.  American citizens can sign up at https://step.state.gov/.

If you waiting for a flight back to the United States and have not notified the consular section already, please send an email to consec@state.gov.  Let us know where you are trying to go.

U.S. Embassy Vilnius has suspended routine consular services.  Scheduled appointments will be honored.  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: MARCH 29

Vilnius Airport

Belavia flight from Vilnius to Minsk on March 29:

  • B2804 departs Vilnius at 20:40, arrives Minsk at 21:15

Charter flights on March 29:

  • X9621 flight departs Vilnius for London Stansted at 18:20. X9622 flight departs London Stansted for Vilnius at 20:00.

Kaunas Airport

All commercial flights are cancelled on March 29.

Palanga Airport

All commercial flights are cancelled on March 29.

Klaipeda – Ferries

  • DFDS Klaipeda – Kiel will depart as scheduled at 22:00.
  • DFDS Klaipeda – Karlshamn will depart as scheduled at 21:00.

UPDATE ON FLIGHTS AND FERRIES: MARCH 30 AND LATER

Vilnius Airport

Belavia’s flight from Vilnius to Minsk is scheduled for March 31, as well as the later dates:

  • March 31: B2802 departs Vilnius at 09:25, arrives Minsk at 10:00
  • April 1: B2804 departs Vilnius at 18:40, arrives Minsk at 19:15

Etc.

Charter flights on Avion Express to London and from London:

  • March 31: London – Vilnius only. X9722 flight from London Stansted to Vilnius departs at 20:00
  • April 3: X9801 flight departs Vilnius for London Stansted at 17:20. X9802 flight departs London Stansted for Vilnius at 19:00.

Listed below are the dates when the commercial airlines are anticipating on resuming the flights (red marks a change since March 27th update):

  • April 12 – LOT flights from Vilnius to Warsaw;
  • April 15 – Air Baltic flights from Vilnius to Riga and other destinations;
  • April 17 – Turkish Airlines flights from Vilnius to Istanbul;
  • 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 – Aeroflot flights from Vilnius to Moscow;
  • May 1 – Norwegian flights from Vilnius to Oslo;
  • May 1 – Wizzair flights from Vilnius to multiple destinations;
  • May 1 (possibly June) – Ryanair flights from Vilnius to multiple destinations;
  • July 1 – Finnair flights from Vilnius on July.

Kaunas Airport

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

Palanga Airport

  • April 15 – Air Baltic flights from Palanga to Riga;
  • April 20 – Scandinavian Airlines flights from Palanga to Copenhagen;
  • May 1 – Norwegian flights from Palanga to Oslo;
  • May 2 (possibly June)- Ryanair flights from Palanga to London Stansted and Dublin;
  • July 1 – LOT flights from Palanga to Warsaw.

Klaipeda – Ferries

DFDS ferry is scheduled to operate the following service on March 30:

  • DFDS ferry Klaipeda – Kiel, departing Klaipeda at 22:00.
  • DFDS ferry Klaipeda –Karlshamn, departing Klaipeda at 21:00.