Lithuania's capital airport suspends traffic over smugglers' balloons
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026

Vilnius Airport in Lithuania suspended air traffic due to smugglers' balloons in the airspace, as stated by the National Crisis Management Centre.
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius Airport late on Tuesday due to a presence of smugglers' balloons in its airspace, the country's National Crisis Management Centre said in a statement.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik)
A smuggler's balloon refers to a balloon used for illegal activities, such as transporting contraband or unauthorized goods across borders or through airspace.
Air traffic suspension is a temporary halt to all flights at an airport due to safety concerns, such as the presence of unauthorized objects in the airspace.
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