{"id":165328,"date":"2025-11-23T22:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165328\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"suspected-balloon-incursions-keep-affecting-traffic-at-vilnius-airport","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165328\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected balloon incursions keep affecting traffic at Vilnius Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aeroport_vilnius_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(vilnius-airport.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Air traffic at Vilnius Airport was restricted at around 7 p.m. this evening after the detection of what may have been weather balloons in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incoming flights from Sharm el-Sheikh and Amsterdam were redirected to Kaunas, while flights from Riga, Paris, Vienna, Oslo, Berlin and Munich were delayed. Flights to and from Helsinki were cancelled, while several outgoing flights were delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s air traffic restrictions mark the second such incident since Lithuania reopened the Medininkai\u2013Kamienny \u0141oh and \u0160al\u010dininkai\u2013Bieniakoni border crossings three days ago. The checkpoints were closed from October 29 to November 20 following the launches of cigarette-smuggling balloons from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius Airport, located close to the Belarusian border, has been affected by these incursions since mid-October. Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 said earlier this week that Vilnius might close the border again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/crop_960x580_d2_lt.png 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania hands Belarus note of protest over stranded trucks<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 22, Pozirk. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a Belarusian diplomat yesterday to hand a note of protest over \u201cdiscriminatory actions against the Lithuanian carriers.\u201d The refusal to release Lithuanian trucks from Belarusian territory represents a \u201cdeliberate seizure &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/165241\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 23, Pozirk. Air traffic at Vilnius Airport was restricted at around 7 p.m. this evening after the detection of what may have been weather balloons in the area. Incoming flights from Sharm el-Sheikh and Amsterdam were redirected to Kaunas, while flights from Riga, Paris, Vienna, Oslo, Berlin and Munich were delayed. 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