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Jun 04, 2015 (newstodate): The future of civil aviation business at Lithuania's Siauliai Airport's is high on the agenda after the company managing the commercial activities at the country's Siauliai Airport was declared bankrupt earlier this week.
In contrast to the country's three other international airports, now under unified management, Siauliai Airport is 80 percent controlled by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense that owns the infrastructure comprising the runway, taxiways and the ATC tower serving the NATO activities in the Baltic region.
In an effort to rescue the commercial actitivies at Siauliai Airport that has seen ad-hoc freighter operations as well as some low-cost flights, talks will now be conducted between Siauliai Municipality that owns the civilian part of the airport and Lithuania's Ministry of Transport & Communication.
The parties will meet on Friday this week and early next week to discuss if or not Siauliai Airport will join the unified management of the airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.
In the meantime, Siauliai Airport expects to see the start of new freighter flights to Turkey carrying perishables and to Israel carrying Koster food.
In contrast to the country's three other international airports, now under unified management, Siauliai Airport is 80 percent controlled by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense that owns the infrastructure comprising the runway, taxiways and the ATC tower serving the NATO activities in the Baltic region.
In an effort to rescue the commercial actitivies at Siauliai Airport that has seen ad-hoc freighter operations as well as some low-cost flights, talks will now be conducted between Siauliai Municipality that owns the civilian part of the airport and Lithuania's Ministry of Transport & Communication.
The parties will meet on Friday this week and early next week to discuss if or not Siauliai Airport will join the unified management of the airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.
In the meantime, Siauliai Airport expects to see the start of new freighter flights to Turkey carrying perishables and to Israel carrying Koster food.