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Apr 26, 2022 (newstodate): Lithuania's Siauliai Airport is to bolster capabilities to provide large aircraft with technical services.
   As part of these efforts, the airport is now upgrading its ground handling services with the acquisition of a 60-ton heavy tug that can tow large D and E aircraft.
   The decision is made in support of investors currently expanding or establishing new facilities at Siauliai Airport.
   The airport is growing its importance in the aircraft maintenance segment, with the aircraft maintenance company Aviatic MRO planning for a future with aircraft P2F conversions, and currently constructing a 23,000 sq m  aircraft maintenance and repair center at Siauliai International Airport, scheduled to start operations in 2022.
   In September 2020, Aviatic landed an MoU with Israel's leading aerospace and MRO company, Israel Aerospace Industrie that will provide Aviatic with necessary licensing and know-how to perform P2F conversions of B737NG passenger aircraft.   
   Another new important asset is the recent opening by the freight forwarding company Rava Cargo of a neutral customs warehouse at the airport, becoming the first commercial cargo operator at Siauliai Airport.
   A former Soviet air base, Siauliai Airport operates a 3,500m CAT 1 runway - the longest in the Baltic region - and a second 3,280m runway, and is a military/commercial airport owned jointly by Lithuania's Ministry of Defense and Siauliai Municipality.