Vilnius airport the main installation works of the exterior and supporting structures of the new departure terminal have already been completed. Work is currently underway inside the building and it is planned to open in the first quarter of 2025.
We already wrote earlier that after the opening of this terminal, the reconstruction of the old terminals will begin, and the construction of the new arrival terminal (T5) will also be started immediately.
The T5 terminal is expected to open in 2027
April 15 joint stock company Lithuanian airports announced that it is looking for partners to help organize the construction of a new one planned until 2027 Vilnius airport arrival terminal T5 international architectural competition. Applications for the competition are open until Monday, April 22.
The full article can be read HERE.
It is also informed that by 2028 it is planned to renovate the current building of the Vilnius airport, built during the Soviet era. It is planned to be adapted for commercial spaces.
They also want to install an underground railway station by the 2030s
The same article also mentioned about the new railway of the station installation under the Vilnius airport. It is said that by the 2030s, it is intended to build an underground station of the European railway "Rail Baltica" under the Vilnius airport.
According to the submitted plan for the development of the engineering infrastructure of the Kaunas-Vilnius railway line of the "Rail Baltica" project, it is expected that the European gauge will also be installed between the Kaunas and Vilnius railway stations. In addition, it is planned to reconstruct the existing railway section from Vilnius railway station to the airport.
The plan calls for the rail track to reverse at the airport, go underground at the Park Inn, and run underground all the way to the airport. A new underground railway would be installed under the site, which is located by the stairs of the old terminal the station.
However, the question remains whether Lithuania will be able to secure financing for the planned works and manage to implement all planned infrastructure projects by the 2030s.
