At the beginning of the autumn vacation, there is chaos at Berlin Airport BER.
Lufthansa now recommends its passengers to be at the terminal a full four hours before departure.
In some German federal states, the autumn holidays * started this week - including Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
But schoolchildren in Berlin and Brandenburg are also looking forward to days off - which was immediately noticeable at BER Airport.
At the weekend, thousands of travelers had to wait for hours at the check-in and many even missed their vacation flight, as reported by the
Berliner Morgenpos
t.
Lufthansa has apparently now reacted to this chaos by recommending that its customers arrive at the airport four hours in advance for domestic flights.
Lufthansa advises passengers to be at the airport four hours before departure
The
Berliner Morgenpost
, according to a customer of Lufthansa has received an e-mail that was related to his flight from Berlin to Frankfurt.
The airline reported the following: “Due to the increased number of passengers at the beginning of the holiday, there may be longer waiting times at the check-in counters and at the security controls at Berlin Airport.
For this reason we would like to ask you
to arrive at the airport at least 240 minutes before departure
. "
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Effects of the corona pandemic are paralyzing airport operations
The main reason for the chaos at BER is the lack of
staff
, as the Airport Association ADV explains according to the German Press Agency (dpa). “As a result of short-time working hours at the airport locations due to repeated lockdowns, many employees have terminated their employment or are no longer available due to expired contracts.” In most cases, companies with short-time work are not able to recruit new employees. In
the ground
handling services
alone
, according to Verdi aviation expert Mira Neumaier,
almost half of them left their job permanently in the Corona crisis
. In the entire aviation industry it was 16 percent.
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Now politicians want to react to this: Kai Wegner, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives, calls for an “immediate program for investments in technology and personnel for more effective processes”.
The airport must be equipped with significantly more check-in capacities and employees for security checks - these are needed primarily because of the evidence that is required and must be checked in the corona pandemic.
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