Airport, Lithuania, Transport

flyLAL said that discussion on cooperation with the airport will continue in 2009.

As reported, as of January 1, 2009, Vilnius Airport was planning to discontinue offering its services to flyLAL, according to the airport's press secretary.

The press secretary pointed out that the airport has fulfilled all of its obligations towards the airline, and that the airline has not paid its fees for using the airport's services since August.

The airline has also been collecting airport taxes from passengers and not handing these taxes back to the airport.

flyLAL owes Vilnius Airport more than LTL 20 million (LVL 4.08 million).

If the airline continues to not carry out it obligations, the airport will discontinue offering its services to flyLAL from January 1, the airport warned earlier.

As reported, Latvian Transport Minister Ainars Slesers (Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way) predicted that the Lithuanian airline will go bankrupt sometime this winter.