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Sep 01, 2023 (newstodate): As of today, the Lithuanian state-owned company Lithuanian Airports operates as a joint-stock company, albeit with all shares owned by the state.
   Since July 1, 2014, the three state-owned international airports -  at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga - have been jointly managed by Lithuanian Airports Plc. but the aim has long been to migrate from a state-owned entity to a joint-stock company, allowing for fully commercial operations without direct state control.
   As part of the migration from state to market, the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications earlier opened a tender for the position of CEO of this company - with Simonas Bartkus emerging as the winner, replacing Aurimas Stikliunas, Head of Aviation Services, serving as Acting CEO during the interim period since June 2022, when Marius Gelzinis stepped down as CEO since March 2018.
   Taking up the position from August 6, 2022, Mr Bartkus brings in rich experience from within and around the aviation and airport business, with positions at companies such as Vilnius Airport, Air Lituanica, Small Planet Airlines as well as Girteka Logistics, Europe’s largest full truckload transport company.