Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius Airport overnight due to sightings of balloons in its airspace, with flights diverted to neighbouring countries.

Due to a "series of balloons heading toward" the airport, incoming flights were directed to Latvia and Poland while departures were cancelled, the airport operator said on Sunday morning.

One flight arriving from Copenhagen had returned to Denmark. Loading Facebook content

The airspace reopened at 4.50am local time after several hours of suspension.

It comes after weeks of chaos for European aviation caused by mysterious drone sightings and air incursions, including at airports in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Poland.

Munich Airport closed twice in 24 hours due to drone sightings , only reopening on Saturday morning, according

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