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Jun 10, 2009 (newstodate): In the autumn, the Lithuanian ministry of transportation will publish the report on the country's future airport infrastructure, produced by the Danish consulting company COWI in cooperation with the Lithuanian company EKT.
-The report has been delivered to the government that is now in talks with the parties involved, and this has generated further questions to be researched and included in the final version, says a Lithuanian industry source.
The work is being undertaken under the leadership of the new prime minister that has set up a working group to recommend the options to be pursued.
Lithuania's two main international airports are Vilnius and Kaunas, in addition to a smaller third international airport at Palanga, near the Baltic Sea coast.
The five scenarios, or options, presented for the ministry's evaluation are closing down Vilnius International Airport and developing Kaunas as Lithuania's main airport, closing down Kaunas and developing Vilnius as the main airport, closing down both airports and constructing a new one to replace them both, developing both airports as complementary, or leaving both airports as it is to let the free market decide how they compete between each other and see who will emerge as the most successful.
-The report has been delivered to the government that is now in talks with the parties involved, and this has generated further questions to be researched and included in the final version, says a Lithuanian industry source.
The work is being undertaken under the leadership of the new prime minister that has set up a working group to recommend the options to be pursued.
Lithuania's two main international airports are Vilnius and Kaunas, in addition to a smaller third international airport at Palanga, near the Baltic Sea coast.
The five scenarios, or options, presented for the ministry's evaluation are closing down Vilnius International Airport and developing Kaunas as Lithuania's main airport, closing down Kaunas and developing Vilnius as the main airport, closing down both airports and constructing a new one to replace them both, developing both airports as complementary, or leaving both airports as it is to let the free market decide how they compete between each other and see who will emerge as the most successful.