Air Lituanica Head of Communications Sandra Meskauskaite told that on Friday the plane heading from Vilnius to Paris departed later than usual. The flight from Paris to Vilnius is also late.
"We were unable to leave Vilnius Airport on time because we were warned that we would not be allowed to land in the French Airport due to events there. However, we were allowed to fly after one hour ()," said Meskauskaite and added that the plane headed to Vilnius has not departed from the Charles de Gaulle Airport.
According to Air Lituanica representative, the plane left Vilnius 2 hours behind schedule. The one from Paris was expected to leave France also by 2 hours later than usual.
Air Lituanica is the only airline offering direct flights from Vilnius to Paris.