According to Wizz Air boss Jozsef Varadi, it is not an April Fool's joke: The low-cost airline is abolishing the mask requirement imposed due to the corona pandemic on April 1, 2022. The carrier will only recommend wearing mouth and nose coverings, but will no longer require them. However, the low-cost airline's announcement has a small but subtle catch. Varadi himself admitted that the mask requirement will not be abolished on all routes. For example, passengers to/from Germany or Austria will not benefit from it at all for the time being. The background to this is that both countries officially require the wearing of masks, in the case of the Alpine republic explicitly FFP2 masks, and have instructed the airlines accordingly by means of a NOTAM. Put simply, this means for passengers: If one of the two countries between which you fly with Wizzair requires the wearing of masks, then you must wear one on board. If there is no such official order, then from April 1, 2022, it will no longer be compulsory to wear a mouth and nose mask on pink low-cost airliners. Varadi cited flights between the United Kingdom and Romania as an example. Both countries have generally abolished the obligation to wear masks and no longer require them to be worn on board commercial aircraft. During an aviation conference held in Cluj, Romania, Varadi also said that he expects that many other countries will soon follow suit and generally abolish the obligation to wear masks. It is currently not foreseeable whether Germany and/or Austria will bring themselves to do so. In contrast to Switzerland, for example, the Federal Republic of Germany is stubbornly sticking to masks on public transport, which also includes airplanes. The current Austrian regulation expires shortly after Easter.