Lithuania's Vilnius airport reopens after disruption from smugglers' balloons


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  • Sunday, 05 Oct 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view of Gediminas street in Vilnius, Lithuania May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania reopened air traffic at Vilnius airport, its largest and busiest air hub, on Sunday after hours of suspensions and diversions triggered by smugglers' balloons carrying contraband from neighbouring Belarus, officials said.

European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen and Munich.

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