Aleksotas Airport was the base of the first Lithuanian airline; the carrier "Lietuvos oro linijos" was founded in 1938, when the Lithuanian government ordered two British-built twin engine six-seat planes Percival Q 6 Petrel. The planes were registered LY-SOA and LY-SOB and, commemorating the national trans-Atlantic heroes, were respectively named "Steponas Darius" and "Stasys Girėnas". The first Lithuanian civil airline was inaugurated on 5 September 1938 with domestic flights from Kaunas (the country's provisional capital at that time) to the coastal resort of Palanga. Later in 1939, Lietuvos oro linijos launched international flights to Riga (Latvia).http://www.sumin.lt/en/activities/sectors_activities The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania. Civil Aviation
