For example, suitcases are left behind because passengers have just managed to make their transfer, but the baggage employees are unable to transfer the suitcases in time. Flight cancellations, which have been happening at the airport for weeks due to staff shortages, also play a role in the disruptions. Technical problems in Schiphol’s baggage systems add to this a few remaining suitcases, but these malfunctions are no more than normal.
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“Those suitcases should not be there in this way,” said Schiphol’s spokesman. “They belong on the tape, at people’s homes or at the holiday address. This is something from the past few days and they have to get out of there.” He couldn’t give some. Schiphol says it is now helping the baggage handlers by looking for an alternative storage location, since the normal buffers are full. “They have to be stacked dry and neatly on carts. There are several options for this at the airport.”
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