Two flights were cancelled at Vilnius Airport on Monday morning and two others were diverted to other airports amid a powerful storm raging in Lithuania.
Meanwhile, three planes did not land in Kaunas.
Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU), the airport operator in Lithuania, told BNS that planes flying from Corfu Island in Greece and from Helsinki to Vilnius were diverted to alternate airports, and scheduled flights to the Lithuanian capital from Riga (scheduled arrival time 08:25) and Istanbul (10:40) were cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
The flight from Corfu was diverted to Warsaw, while the flight from Helsinki was due to land back in the Finnish capital.
The timetable published on Vilnius Airport’s website shows that the flight from Vilnius to Riga did not take off at 09:10 and the flight to Helsinki did not take off at 09:55.
Moreover the 07:50 flight to Amsterdam was delayed by one hour and the 08:35 flight to Warsaw was delayed by 22 minutes. In addition, the 09:15 flight from Vilnius to Corfu did not take off until 11:45.
According to LTOU, as regards Kaunas Airport, aircraft flying from Naples and London Luton did not land tonight and were diverted to alternate airports due to strong winds.
Another cargo aircraft did not land at Kaunas Airport this morning and was diverted to Warsaw instead.
Train delays
Passenger train delays of at least one hour have been reported on some routes in Lithuania on Monday due obstructed tracks and power supply disruptions, and scheduled freight services may be delayed for up to a day, Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), the country’s state-owned railway company, says.
“Some 30 train services have been affected at this stage and information is being updated as the storm in Lithuania shows no sign of abating,” LTG said in a statement on Monday.
According to the company, trains may be delayed for about an hour on the Vilnius–Klaipėda, Mažeikiai-Panevėžys and Vilnius–Varėna routes. The storm has significantly affected train services from Vilnius to Turmantas and Kaunas and from Šiauliai to Riga.
According to LTG, train traffic has been suspended near Riga due to ongoing storm-related repair works, and buses were booked this morning to take train passengers from Jelgava to Riga.
The storm has also disrupted power supply at the terminals in Kena, Šeštokai and Radviliškis, and there is no power on the sections from Radviliškis to Maseikiai and towards Joniškis, fallen trees on tracks have been reported on Naujoji Vilnia–Turmantas stretch.
According to LTG, obstacles have been removed from key railway routes but freight service delays can last up to 24 hours as passenger trains move first once obstacles are cleared.
Strong winds will also restrict the operation of intermodal terminals today.
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