"(Kaunas and Vilnius) are two different airports and two different cities. Due to the incentive system applied by Lithuania's airports, it is better for us to move some flights to Vilnius," David O'Brien said at a news conference in Vilnius.
According to the CCO, Ryanair will station two new aircraft, an investment of 200 million US dollars, at Vilnius Airport, which will be its second Lithuanian base and number 82 worldwide, on Oct. 30.
He said that two routes – to Birmingham and Malta – would be moved from Kaunas to Vilnius. Berlin will be the only new destination to be launched from the Lithuanian capital this year.
Ryanair already has a base at Kaunas Airport. The airline expects to carry more than 1.5 million passengers in Lithuania in 2016.
