About the editor

Granit Pireci is an editor at Aviation.Direct and specializes in aviation in Southeast Europe. Before that he worked for AviationNetOnline (formerly Austrian Aviation Net).
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BRU: Covid flights are going according to plan

Brussels Airport becomes the hub of the vaccine, as the airport has numerous refrigerated containers for transport. The first Covid flights have now taken place - with success. The world's very first flight with corona vaccines has already left

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Ego wants to start with three line connections

Ego Airways has been back in the air since December 1st. The start-up is currently focusing on charter flights. But the first line connections are also in the starting blocks. The chairman of the board Matteo Bonecchi stood the Italian

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AIRlabs carries out indoor icing tests with drones

The innovation laboratory AIRlabs Austria, which specializes in drone tests and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), carried out indoor weather tests with drones for the first time. For one week, AIRlabs Austria provided the first icing, climate and

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Air Europa takeover is shaken

The takeover of the Spanish Air Europa by IAG is still on shaky ground. A final decision should now be made. The International Airlines Group and its Spanish subsidiary Iberia are stopping for this occasion

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UIA: 140 pilots lose their jobs

Ukraine International Airlines before further layoffs: The carrier must put at least 140 pilots in front of the door. The airline is slowly running out of money. The workforce is now feeling this too. In an appeal that appeared on the

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Greece introduces new corona rules

Greece has been in lockdown for six weeks now. While these measures will be relaxed a little just in time for Christmas time, the government is again extending the restrictions on air traffic. Bookstores and body-hugging service providers, such as hairdressers,

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VC and Carsten Spohr agree

At the end of last week, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr publicly stated that it would be possible to compensate for a pilot overhang assumed by Lufthansa by establishing “innovative part-time models”. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) welcomes Mr. Spohr's request and is in

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Verkehrsbüro Group before corporate restructuring

The Verkehrsbüro Group, Austria's largest tourism group, is renovating from 2021. The first visible effects are in the boardroom: The group will in future be managed by the board duo Martin Winkler as chairman of the board and Helga Freund. Helmut Richter

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Dnata uses UV technology for cabin cleaning

Dnata, one of the world's largest service providers in the aviation sector, continues to rely on the latest technologies in order to offer its customers the highest level of safety and benefit and to give travelers confidence and security throughout the journey

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