OREANDA-NEWS. October 08, 2009. A new passengers’ farewell area, the Olympic Lounge, was opened on Tuesday on the second floor of the departure terminal of Vilnius International Airport (VIA). It is designed to accommodate passengers and accompanying persons before going through the airport security check, reported the press-centre of Vilnius International Airport.

A new passengers’ farewell area, the Olympic Lounge, was opened on Tuesday on the second floor of the departure terminal of Vilnius International Airport (VIA). It is designed to accommodate passengers and accompanying persons before going through the airport security check.

‘At Vilnius airport we usually escort Lithuanian sportsmen to the most important competitions and greet them coming back with prizes. Therefore together with Lithuanian National Olympic Committee we made a decision to create a cozy place for sports fans‘, says Tomas Vaisvila, director general of VIA.

The Olympic Lounge is open to all the airport passengers and accompanying guests. Cozy chairs, tables, many TV sets with sports channels are fit into the lounge. Free Wi-Fi is also available. The most important competitions will be shown on a big screen.

Lots of prizes won by Lithuanian athletes and other kinds of sports memorabilia is exhibited at the new lounge. The exposition there will be updated on regular basis.

‘Vilnius International Airport is Lithuania’s gateway to the world, the guests of our country come and go from here. It is a perfect place to display trophies of Lithuanian athletes that we are proud of’, says Mr. Vaisvila.