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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AUA: Schengen Lounge opens again

Good news for all lounge lovers: From September 29th, an Austrian Airlines lounge (Terminal 3, Level 2 or F-Gates) will again be accessible to business class travelers and status customers. Due to the spread of the corona pandemic and the temporary suspension of the

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Russia: Wizz Air postpones opening of the base

Wizz Air has to postpone the opening of its first Russia base due to the recently enacted travel restrictions. The new date is December 3rd. The low-cost airline had originally planned to launch a single Airbus A18 aircraft from September 320

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Easyjet: Verdi calls for protest

Easyjet has announced that it will cut its Berlin base in half due to the corona problems. That would mean the end for almost 50 percent of the workforce. Now the Verdi union is calling for a protest. This public protest march is supposed to be against

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September 25: All-day strike at Italy's airports

The Italians are on strike: According to the A25M crisis warning service, there will be a nationwide, all-day strike at Italian airports and the airlines Alitalia and Alitalia Cityliner on September 3. Various employee representatives have called for this. If

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Germany: New corona rules only from November

The new corona regulations of the German federal government for return travelers from risk areas are still a long time coming. As the news magazine "Reisevor9" reports, these should only come into effect after the autumn break. This role is justified backwards

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Air Baltic digitizes member card

Air Baltic shows itself to be environmentally friendly: The state airline of Latvia does without plastic cards for its advantage club - members can now use all advantages on their smartphones. And thus help to reduce unnecessary plastic consumption. "The

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Wizz Air introduces Covid-19 traffic light

The coronavirus situation has worsened in the last few days. With the travel warnings imposed, the uncertainty among travelers also increases. Wizz Air is now counteracting this: The low-cost carrier provides information

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TUI: Winter offer shrinks by 20 percent

As expected by the governments, the number of corona infections is currently rising again. As a result, the number of newly issued travel warnings is increasing almost every day - and with it the number of cancellations. For this reason, TUI shifts down a gear and

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IATA: test first, then fly

The International Air Transport Association, IATA for short, advocates Covid-19 rapid tests right before departure. In view of the fact that travel warnings are issued almost every day, action must be taken as soon as possible, said General Director de Juniac. Of the

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