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New flight from Yorkshire to Lithuania

Tuesday, 2 November 20103 min read

Wizz Air will launch flights from Doncaster Sheffield Airport to Vilnius in Lithuania next April.

The twice weekly service will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays departing from Doncaster at 20.25 and arriving in Vilnius at 00:55.

Aviation sales director Nick Smillie said: “We are pleased to announce that Yorkshire’s first service to the Baltic States will be flying from Doncaster.

“This new route will bring a further 30,000 passengers a year through the doors at Doncaster Sheffield Airport.”

Vilnius will be the sixth Wizz Air destination from the airport, It’s second largest UK base.

“We expect this additional route to increase Wizz Air’s total passenger numbers from the airport to 230,000 a year,” added Smillie.

Wizz Air also flies from Doncaster to Katowice, Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw in Poland.

Flights to Vilnius start on April 17.

By Linsey McNeill