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Smoking is permitted only in designated, marked areas near the arrival/departure terminal. Special smoking rooms are available inside the  departure terminal, situated behind the aviation security check. It is important to note that smoking and the use of electronic devices for smoking (such as electronic cigarettes and vaporizers) are strictly prohibited throughout the airport aerodrome.

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There is a regular city bus No. 29 from Kaunas Airport to Kaunas on the route Airport-Train Station. You can find the bus timetable here: www.kvt.lt. You can also reach Kaunas by shuttle bus No. 120 or taxi. You can call the taxi recommended by Kaunas Airport by dialling +370 37 333 111.

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You may call the Information Centre at Kaunas Airport by dialling +370 612 44442 or write an e-mail to [email protected]

Please note that all automatic cash-desks and arrival/departure facilities are connected to an operator by means of communications in order to provide you with urgent help if you need to enter or leave the parking lots and you face technical problems.

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Yes. If you want to get a VAT invoice for parking in the airport's parking lot, please contact us via [email protected].

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We highly recommend that you book a long-term parking spot in advance. For your convenience we offer an online advance parking reservation service at: https://kaunas-airport.lt

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You can leave your car for twenty-four hours or more in a long-term parking lot. Check the scheme of long-term parking lots here.

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If you want to pay for parking in a parking lot, you can pay in cash via automatic payment machines in parking lots P1 and P2. The machines accept 10, 20, 50 cent, 1 and 2 euro coins and 5, 10, 20 and 50 euro notes. You will get the change in coins ONLY. Remember that you have to pay for parking in the airport's parking lot before leaving. Please keep the ticket you get on arrival at the airport. Upon payment, you have to leave the parking lot in 20 min. If an automatic payment machine is out of order, you do not have the coins or notes of the required denomination or you could not print a receipt, you can also pay for parking at the Information Centre of Kaunas Airport by paying in cash or by card.

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You can park your car in short-term and long-term parking lots. Check the scheme of parking lots at the airport here.

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Unfortunately, you cannot print your flight ticket at Kaunas Airport.

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You should contact the airline or a ticket vendor where you have bought your flight ticket.

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The excess baggage fee applied by Ryanair is EUR 10 per kilo.

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Each passenger may check in up to three checked bags upon payment of the applicable checked baggage fees by electing to purchase a checked baggage allowance of 20 kilos when they make their initial booking.

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The laptop weight is not added to the weight of other hand luggage.

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Passengers can carry two pieces of hand luggage with maximum dimensions of 55x40x20 cm and 35x20x20 cm weighing up to 10 kg.

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You should contact the office of the airline at the airport and report your situation.

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An airline or a broker should provide you with necessary information on the time and procedure of passenger check-in in advance. Unless you have been informed otherwise, the check-in procedure usually starts two hours before a flight and closes 40 minutes before the departure time. Passengers arriving late for check-in will be denied boarding.

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All Ryanair passengers (including passengers travelling with children under 2 years old) must check-in online. To check-in online at www.ryanair.com, select ONLINE CHECK-IN, choose one of the suggested options, fill in the required information and click ONLINE CHECK-IN. After checking-in, print your boarding pass. If you forget to check-in online as required by the airline's regulations, you will be charged EUR 45 at the airport. If you checked-in online but you do not have your boarding pass (printed or mobile), you will be charged EUR 15 for reprinting your boarding pass. You will find Ryanair table of optional fees here. If you are travelling with your hand luggage only, you have checked-in online and you have your boarding pass, you can go straight to the passenger security screening point. If you are travelling with your checked baggage and you have your boarding pass, you should submit your baggage at one of check-in desks, then go to the passenger security screening point. In this case we would recommend you to come to the airport 2 hours before the flight. Check-in closes 40 minutes before the departure time. Passengers arriving late for check-in will be denied boarding.

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The State Border Guard Service specifies that passengers can travel with the ID card in the majority of European countries, except Turkey. Passengers, however, must have a passport and a visa, if necessary, to go to non-Schengen area countries, depending on the destination country. Usually, passengers have to get a valid visa issued before departure before going to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Israel.

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For Ryanair tickets please contact the ticketing offices of the ground handling company Litcargus UAB in the passenger terminal at Kaunas Airport. Phone: +370 37 750 195, +370 630 33305, e-mail .

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You should first contact the airline, which you chose to travel with. For further information on pet transportation please call the State Food and Veterinary Service at +370 52739042. Also read the regulations on pet transportation at: www.vmvt.lt.

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Here you can find all the necessary information on the transportation of animal and plant products, dietary supplements, etc. by air: http://vmvt.lt/.

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This service is provided by the airport customs office.

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You can take small amounts of prescription and over-the-counter medicines for personal use, such as painkillers, medication for fever, digestive disorders, malaria, contraceptive pills, etc., in your hand luggage. We recommend you to take a prescription or a medication passport for prescription medicines. Insulin is considered a vital liquid drug, thus, the 100 ml limitation for liquids allowed as hand luggage is not applied. Please contact the Kaunas airport customs with regard to the transportation of medicines as hand or checked baggage by dialling +370 37 399151.

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The amount of alcohol and tobacco products purchased or carried for personal use is not restricted while travelling within the EU. Each country may set its restrictions on the amount of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages for personal use. It is highly recommended to contact the airport customs with regard to this issue by dialling (+370 37) 399151.

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No, they are not permitted.

Carry-on luggage can contain no more than two such devices with power between 100 and 160 Wh. The capacity of a single device cannot exceed 160 Wh. In the event were the capacity of a device exceeds 100 Wh, its transportation shall be coordinated with the air carrier. Devices with the capacity exceeding 160 Wh are prohibited on airplanes.

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You cannot leave your baggage at the airport unattended. It might be taken by the aviation security officer for examination.

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Sparklers are prohibited in both hand luggage and checked baggage.

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can, if the part has not been used as a vehicle fuel system component (it was not in contact with combustible materials, e.g. fuel, grease, oil).

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can.

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A passenger may carry syringes with needles, insulin pens, an insulin pump or other diabetes equipment in their cabin baggage, when also carrying insulin. A passenger may carry liquid insulin in quantities larger than 100 ml in their cabin baggage and hold baggage. Diabetes equipment and insulin must be removed from cabin baggage beforehand and presented separately to the aviation security officer for inspection. We recommend that you pack all of these items in a transparent plastic bag and store them in your cabin baggage so that you can quickly remove these items and show them to the aviation security officer. Remove the insulin and syringes, and place them in the tray for X-ray screening (screening insulin with an X-ray device is safe, but the passenger also has the right to request a different kind of inspection).

A passenger carrying a non-removable insulin pump should warn the aviation security officer in advance that they have one. Aviation security officers will check the passenger and the insulin pump with aviation security equipment and manually.

 

When transporting needles, insulin pens, insulin pumps or other diabetes equipment, it is not required to present the aviation security personnel with a medical certificate that the passenger has diabetes and needs to inject insulin.

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You can take a drone in hand luggage, if the battery capacity does not exceed 100 Wh. If the drone battery capacity is higher, i.e., from100 Wh to 160 Wh, the carriage must be approved by the airline. If the drone battery capacity exceeds 160 Wh, the carriage is prohibited both in hand luggage and checked baggage.

You can have maximum 20 electronic devices with lithium batteries, including power banks in your hand luggage.

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Yes, carry-on luggage can contain no more than 20 such devices. The capacity of a single device cannot exceed 160 Wh. In cases where the capacity of a device exceeds 100 Wh, its transportation shall be coordinated with the air carrier. In casese where the power of the device is between 100 and 160 Wh, 2 such devices may be carried, and carriage must be coordinated with the air carrier. Devices with the capacity exceeding 160 Wh are prohibited on airplanes.

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You cannot leave your baggage at the airport unattended. It might be taken by the aviation security officer for examination.

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Sparklers are prohibited in both hand luggage and checked baggage.

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Yes, you can, but only after you remove cutting blades from it.

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It is not allowed to carry toy guns in hand luggage but you can bring them in checked baggage.

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It is forbidden to carry lighter fluid and liquid gas cartridges by air transport.

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You can carry a box of regular matches or a regular lighter on your person only (e.g. in your pocket, not your hand luggage or bag). You can bring a Zippo lighter on your person only if the fluid in it is absorbed, i.e. there is a wick in the lighter.

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Tradesman's tools can be carried in hand luggage if their blade or shaft is not longer than 6 cm. You can bring tradesman's tools with any blade or shaft in checked baggage.

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You can carry a knife in your hand luggage if its blade is not longer than 6 cm, it unfolds easily (it does not open automatically) and it is not sharpened on both ends.

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It is not allowed to bring weights in hand luggage but you can carry them in your checked baggage.

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Legal acts do not provide for a specific amount of injection medicine which a passenger can carry in hand luggage but aviation security staff will only allow such amount onboard which is required for the entire trip (the remaining medicine should be put into checked baggage). A passenger must evaluate how much medicine will be required during the trip and provide an aviation security officer with a logical explanation, e.g. a passenger is flying from Lithuania to London (an aviation security officer sees it in the boarding pass presented at the airport) but the passenger will further fly from London to Beijing; therefore, when carrying a larger amount of medicine the passenger must present a proof of a longer trip to the aviation security officer, i.e. a boarding pass for the flight London - Beijing, etc.

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There are no restrictions for solid medicines (e.g. tablets, powder medicines) in your hand luggage. Liquid medicines can be carried in hand luggage in containers not exceeding 100 ml. You can take as many containers as you can fit into a 1 litre resealable plastic bag (you can put liquid cosmetics, contact lens solution, cough medications, etc. into it). You are allowed to carry liquid medicines exceeding 100 ml in your hand luggage when the medicines are required for your trip and are prescribed (a passenger must present a prescription indicating the name of medicine and the surname of the passenger to whom the medicine has been prescribed to an aviation security officer). You have to take out liquid medicines exceeding 100 ml from your hand luggage before security screening and show them to an aviation security officer.

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It is not allowed to carry jam or pickled vegetables in hand luggage because these products are considered liquids.

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It is not allowed to carry canned foods kept in liquid.

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Yes, you can, if the part has not been used as a vehicle fuel system component (it was not in contact with combustible substances, e.g. fuel, grease, oil). Please contact Aviation security division by phone +370 614 25990 for specific details of the shipment.

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Legal acts do not provide for a specific amount of infant food which a passenger may carry in hand luggage. You can take as much food as it is required for the entire trip (the remaining part should be kept in checked baggage). Aviation security staff are entitled not to allow the carriage of excessive amount in case it is considered that there is more liquid food than required for the trip.  

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Honey with a solid consistency (which does not change shape at room temperature) is not a liquid. This means, that honey of solid consistency, can be carried in hand luggage in unlimited quantities.

Honey of other consistencies (toothpaste consistency/thickness) in a container larger than 100 ml. must be screened with a liquid explosive detection device and therefore. Honey of this consistency can only be transported in hand luggage after screening.

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Solid foods can be carried in both hand luggage and checked baggage. All liquids (e.g. yoghurt, juice) carried in hand luggage must be in containers not exceeding 100 ml. All liquids must be placed into a single 1 l bag. All liquids (excluding medicines, baby food and liquids in safe disposable bags) which exceed 100 ml must be carried in checked baggage.

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Substances or products in the form of liquids, aerosols or gels, i.e. pastes, lotions, liquid/solid mixtures, the contents of pressurised containers, e.g. toothpaste, hair gel, shampoo, drinks (water, juice, lemonade and other beverages), soups, mayonnaise, yoghurt, syrups, perfume, shaving foam and other similar products are considered liquids.

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A 1 litre resealable plastic bag should not be bigger than 16 x 24 cm.

 

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You can have containers, including cosmetics, the volume of which does not exceed 100 ml in your hand luggage; all containers have to fit in one 1 l resealable plastic bag. Look for plastic bags at check-in desks at the airport's terminal or next to a passenger check post.

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Tell the aviation security staff that you have an artificial limb before the screening procedure. Depending on the type of your artificial limb (e.g. the amount of metal in it), the aviation security staff will either screen you by means of a walk-through metal detector and/or manually as well as a drug and explosive detector. It is recommended to have a doctor's note but it is not required in Lithuania. In any case, you may ask the aviation security staff to check you in the thorough examination room in the absence of other passengers.

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The manufacturers of walk-through metal detectors guarantee that their equipment does not interfere with the function of a pacemaker. Nevertheless, a passenger has a right to ask the aviation security officer not to be screened by a walk-through metal detector. Usually, in such a case a passenger is checked manually.

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It is recommended to have a doctor's note but it is not required in Lithuania. If you cause a walk-through metal detector to alarm, tell the aviation security officer about the metal implant and indicate the place where you have it, and aviation security staff will check you manually. In any case, you may ask aviation security staff to check you in the thorough examination room in the absence of other passengers.

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If a minor is travelling with one parent, only his or her personal identity document is required. A written parental consent of another parent is unnecessary. If the family name of the minor is different from the family name of the accompanying parent, the Border Inspection of the Republic of Lithuania may ask for the birth certificate of the minor. If a minor is going with a personal attendant, a minor is required to have a personal identity document as well as a written consent of one of the parents or a foster-parent on the child's travelling with a personal attendant and a copy of it. The authenticity of the signature in the consent has to be approved by a notary or an official of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania or the consular institution or a senior local government official. Please call the

Border Inspection of the Republic of Lithuania to get more information on a minor travelling abroad alone or with an accompanying person in advance at +370 37 399319.

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Contact your bank to block the lost card immediately. If you left your card in the multi-bank ATM, call +370 5 236 1361. If you left your card in the ATM of some specific bank, contact the bank directly.

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You can find all the necessary information on the shops, cafés and other service providers at the airport at https://www.kaunas-airport.lt.

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You can pay by card in all sales points at the airport.

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If your baggage went missing during the trip, please contact the ground handling company Litcargus UAB by phone +370 37 758 010 or e-mail: .

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You should first go to the aviation security officer or call +370 603 16333

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