Transport in London in Battersea is used by private helicopters. There are also Biggin Hill and Farnborough Airfield. Croydon Airport was originally London's main airport, but was replaced by Heathrow, and closed in 1959. An airfield at Lydd has been rebranded London Ashford, but currently have little traffic. In August 2009, Oxford Airport, some 95 km from London's City Centre, re-branded itself London Oxford Airport in a controversial move, while Kent International was briefly called London Manston; it is 120 km from London. In addition, RAF Brize Norton with direct flights to the Falkland Islands is less than two hours away by car.
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport with nearly 30 cities within the USSR, as far as Odessa and Simferopol. Regular passenger flights in Aleksotas airport were stopped in 1988 and were moved to a new Kaunas International Airport in Karmėlava at the northeastern outskirts of Kaunas. Paradoxically, the opening of the new airport coincided with long term decrease in the number of connections from Kaunas: the new airport had limited passenger facilities and the economic downturn of the early 1990s resulted in a significant overall reduction of air communication. After the withdrawal of the Russian Air Force in 1993, Aleksotas / S. Darius and S. Girėnas