Wizz Air Adds Glasgow to Vilnius Route in September 2015

Accessibility to Lithuania from the UK is on the rise as Wizz Air is set to introduce a flight between Glasgow and the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. It will be the first time Vilnius has been served as a destination from Glasgow Airport and Wizz Air will operate a year round, twice weekly service starting on 16 September 2015.

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and Paul White, business development manager at Glasgow Airport said "the new Vilnius service will no doubt prove extremely popular with both Lithuanian and Scottish passengers." Daniel de Carvalho, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air echoed these sentiments as he announced that fares will be starting from only £18.49.

UK access to Lithuania is already well established with flights leaving from London, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Doncaster and Bristol. Wizzair offer flights to Vilnius while Ryan Air was the first carrier to set direct flights from Scotland in 2010 with a service running twice a week from Edinburgh Airport to Kaunas and from Liverpool and London Stansted to Vilnius. Kaunas International Airport is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and as the second largest city in Lithuania, located just an hour's drive from Vilnius, less than a three hour flight to either of these cities will take visitors to a treasure trove of natural beauty; Vilnius' baroque old town, Ninth Fort, Trakai Castle and the Curonian Spit are just a few gems waiting to be discovered and part of what put Lithuania 3rd in Lonely Planet's Top Countries for 2015 and Europe's best kept secret.

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For more information please contact:
Lithuanian Tourism Office in the UK
Alexander Gray
Tel: + 44 (0) 208 877 4516
Email: lithuania@representationplus.co.uk
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Notes to Editors:

• Visit: www.Lithuania.travel
• Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and Wizz Air (www.wizzair.com) both fly from London Luton to Vilnius International Airport. Ryanair also fly to Vilnius from London Stansted. Air Baltic via Riga from Gatwick. For more information, visit www.vilnius-airport.lt/en.
• Year round events include Mardi Gras in February, Vilnius International Film Festival in March, the International Jazz Festival in April, the International Contemporary Dance Festival "New Baltic Dance" and Street Music Day in May, the Medieval Festival in Trakai Peninsular Castle in June, the Cultural Night ‚Let it be the Night' in July and the Vilnius Marathon in September and the "Christopher Christmas" music concerts in December, with many other notable events throughout the year.
• Lithuania is the southernmost country of the three Baltic States and has a 90km coastline along the Baltic Sea. Summers are generally warm with temperatures up to 30°C. Winters are cold with easterly winds bringing temperatures down to as low as -12°C. Spring and autumn are mild and there is normally snow cover for two months of the year.