Editing Vilnius Airport (section)

===Recent developments===
Lithuanian Airlines (branded later as [[FlyLAL]]) was established as the Lithuanian [[flag carrier]] following independence in 1991 and inherited the Vilnius-based [[Aeroflot]] fleet of [[Tupolev Tu-134]], [[Yakovlev Yak-40]], [[Yak-42]] and [[Antonov An-24]], [[An-26]] aircraft, but rapidly replaced these Soviet-era aircraft types with modern [[Boeing 737]] and [[Boeing 757]] jets and [[Saab 340]], [[Saab 2000]] turboprops. Operations were suspended effective 17 January 2009 as a result of growing financial difficulties. With the collapse of flyLAL, the airport lost its scheduled services to Amsterdam, Budapest, Istanbul, Madrid and [[Tbilisi]]. flyLAL used to operate to Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Milan and Paris in competition with [[Aer Lingus]], [[airBaltic]] and [[Lufthansa]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

[[AirBaltic]], the national airline of Latvia and under [[Scandinavian Airlines]] part-ownership, opened up a second base at Vilnius in 2004 to complement its Riga operation and became the largest carrier at Vilnius, using [[Boeing 737]] jets and [[Fokker 50]] turboprops. At one point, airBaltic operated to 19 destinations from Vilnius but, in 2009, the network covered only three destinations served by two aircraft based at Vilnius.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

Vilnius Airport is the main hub for Grand Cru Airlines and a base for [[Wizz Air]]. It used to be a main hub for Star1 Airlines until their end of operations in September 2010 and [[Aurela]] until Aurela had lost its flight license. It was the hub for [[Small Planet Airlines]] and [[Aviavilsa]] until both airlines folded. The airport was a secondary hub for [[airBaltic]], [[Estonian Air]] and [[Skyways Express]] until they closed the bases in Vilnius.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

On 30 June 2013, [[Air Lituanica]] also began its flights from the Vilnius Airport and established its base there serving several European cities. However, by 22 May 2015, the airline shut down all operations as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/37506-air-lituanica-ceases-operations|title=Air Lituanica ceases operations|work=ch-aviation|access-date=8 August 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721135356/http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/37506-air-lituanica-ceases-operations|url-status=live}}</ref>

The airport was closed for 35 days from 14 July 2017 to 17 August 2017 (inclusive) for runway reconstruction work, with all flights diverted to [[Kaunas Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vilnius-airport.lt/en/tips-for-passengers/runway-reconstruction/|title=Reconstruction of the runway of Vilnius Airport|publisher=Vilnius Airport|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103225114/http://vilnius-airport.lt/en/tips-for-passengers/runway-reconstruction/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/vilnius-airport-to-be-closed-for-a-renovation-until-aug-17/|title=Vilnius Airport to be closed for a renovation until Aug. 17|work=The Seattle Times|date=13 July 2017|access-date=13 July 2017|archive-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821174653/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/vilnius-airport-to-be-closed-for-a-renovation-until-aug-17/|url-status=live}}</ref>