{"id":492398,"date":"2025-10-22T05:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=492398"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:01:30","slug":"nearly-30-flights-canceled-or-diverted-due-to-weather-balloons-at-vilnius-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/nearly-30-flights-canceled-or-diverted-due-to-weather-balloons-at-vilnius-airport","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 30 Flights Canceled or Diverted Due to Weather Balloons at Vilnius Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As of 4:30 a.m. on October 22, nearly thirty flights were affected by operational restrictions at Vilnius Airport, the airport\u2019s press service reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to preliminary information, the decision to impose airspace restrictions was made after meteorological balloons were detected heading toward Vilnius Airport. The airspace above the airport will remain temporarily closed until 6:40 a.m.,\u201d<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n

As of 4:30 a.m. on October 22, the following flights were affected by the restrictions at Vilnius Airport:<\/p>\n

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  1. BT990 \u2013 Lisbon (LIS) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  2. GW3724 \u2013 Antalya (AYT) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  3. SK1740 \u2013 Stockholm (ARN) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) returned to Stockholm (ARN);<\/li>\n
  4. LO274 \u2013 London (LCY) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Warsaw (WAW);<\/li>\n
  5. LH898 \u2013 Frankfurt (FRA) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Riga (RIX);<\/li>\n
  6. FR1830 \u2013 Treviso (TSF) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  7. SK742 \u2013 Copenhagen (CPH) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Palanga (PLQ);<\/li>\n
  8. DY1083 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Oslo (OSL) canceled;<\/li>\n
  9. BT922 \u2013 Berlin (BER) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Riga (RIX);<\/li>\n
  10. W61914 \u2013 Barcelona (BCN) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  11. 4M917 \u2013 Antalya (AYT) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  12. HN2366 \u2013 Antalya (AYT) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  13. W61954 \u2013 Milan (MXP) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  14. U57398 \u2013 Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  15. X98322 \u2013 Heraklion (HER) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  16. GJ3328 \u2013 Heraklion (HER) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) diverted to Kaunas (KUN);<\/li>\n
  17. BT349 \u2013 Riga (RIX) \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) canceled;<\/li>\n
  18. LO780 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Warsaw (WAW) canceled;<\/li>\n
  19. LH899 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Frankfurt (FRA) canceled;<\/li>\n
  20. SK1741 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Stockholm (ARN) canceled;<\/li>\n
  21. W61947 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Kutaisi (KUT) canceled;<\/li>\n
  22. SK743 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Copenhagen (CPH) canceled;<\/li>\n
  23. LO774 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Warsaw (WAW) canceled;<\/li>\n
  24. BT901 \u2013 Vilnius (VNO) \u2013 Tallinn (TLL) canceled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Passengers whose flights were affected or canceled due to these restrictions are advised to contact their airlines directly for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As of 4:30 a.m. on October 22, nearly thirty flights were affected by operational restrictions at Vilnius Airport, the airport\u2019s press service reported. \u201cAccording to preliminary information, the decision to impose airspace restrictions was made after meteorological balloons were detected heading toward Vilnius Airport. The airspace above the airport will remain temporarily closed until 6:40 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":492397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68f84910bb2f5.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Nearly 30 Flights Canceled or Diverted Due to Weather Balloons at Vilnius Airport"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}