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European airports can not cope with the flow of tourists
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For several weeks now, airports have been reporting hour-long check-in and check-in queues, and airlines have been canceling flights.
In Europe, there is a tourism crisis at large airports that cannot cope with the crazy flow of passengers. About this on Wednesday, June 22, writes Politico edition.
They explain the situation by the fact that many EU countries have already lifted restrictions related to COVID-19. At the same time, the two-year pandemic and the economic situation have forced the airfields to lay off some of the workers, so the staff simply cannot cope with the large number of tourists who finally decide to go on vacation.
At the same time, employees who were sent on vacation or laid off during the pandemic decided not to return to an industry that offers minimum wages and working conditions are harsh.
“The ill-fated time has come for European transport,” the report says.
Airlines have already blamed airport authorities for the chaos. Like, they filed summer schedules at the end of March, and the airports had enough time to recruit staff. in turn, airport managers said they need more time to hire new staff.
“We’re coming out of a pandemic, there’s no script for that. We were at the center of the Omicron outbreak, and anyone who wanted to run a recruitment campaign at the time in the midst of a pandemic was either able to predict the future or was deeply reckless,” Virginia said. Lee, representative of ACI Europe.
In France and Italy, in addition to queuing for long-haul flights, airport staff went on strike. In Spain, over the past few months, almost 15,000 passengers have missed flights precisely because of the queues, this figure will be higher in summer.
Germany is also experiencing certain difficulties, where an increased demand for travel and a shortage of staff have been registered, and expectations at the terminals are gradually increasing. Lufthansa, Ryanair and Air France have had to cancel hundreds of flights and suffer economic losses due to a staffing problem.
In the Netherlands, Schiphol is crowded with passengers waiting in line. Due to a shortage of staff in Amsterdam, dozens of flights are already canceled daily. Those who hope to take off on the route must arrive at the airfield four hours before the flight.
Employees at Ryanair and Brussels Airlines went on strike this week, and Lufthansa has already canceled 1,000 flights in July due to lack of staff and slots at Germany’s largest airport, Frankfurt.
Meanwhile, low-cost airline easyJet said it was forced to cut thousands of flights scheduled for the summer.
Those who plan to fly from any airport in Europe are advised to be patient and arrive at least three hours before departure instead of the usual two.
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