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May 09, 2019 (newstodate): Plans are advancing for construction of a new aircraft maintenance center at Lithuania's "fourth" international airport, Siauliai Airport.
   Behind the plans is the Lithuanian company JSC Termicom that signed landed a long-term lease land agreement to build a facility designed to maintenance of aircraft types including Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and other large types.
   The coming new facility will comprise workshops for maintenance of aircraft systems, repairs, parts and components repair, testing, and parts painting.
   Plans are to start construction work already by the latter part of 2019, with the MRO facility to start operations by March 2021.
   Termicom is part of the Estonian Completec Group that also comprises the carrier GetJet Airlines.
    Owned and operated jointly by Lithuania's Ministry of Defence and Siauliai Municipality, Siauliai Airport does not belong to the State Enterprise Lithuanian Airports managing the airports at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.
   A former Soviet air base, Siauliai Airport with a 3,500m CAT 1 runway and a second 3,280m runway is today also a key air base serving the NATO air forces supporting the monitoring of the Baltic air space.