Queues and congestion at Ben Gurion Airport, just before the holiday: "Severe shortage of workers"
The Airports Authority workers' committee said there would be delays on flights departing from Ben Gurion Airport ahead of Passover, and passengers were asked to arrive on their flights four hours before takeoff. Saar flew to ski in France: "Right now we are stuck here.
That's why we arrived five hours ahead of time, but as it seems - it's going slowly "
Keenan Cohen
14/04/2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 11:06 Updated: 15:12
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The queues at Ben Gurion Airport, today (Photo: Flash 90, Avshalom Shashoni)
The Airports Authority's workers' committee estimated today (Thursday) that there will be delays on flights departing from Ben Gurion Airport ahead of Passover. "We ask passengers to be patient," it said. Flights and 31,700 on 206 inbound flights.
The congestion is expected due to a particularly large number of passengers and a severe shortage of manpower in the aviation industry, the committee explained, noting that the authority's day off has been canceled so they can help passengers, "but there is still a severe shortage of security and operations workers."
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The queues at Ben Gurion Airport, today (Photo: Flash 90, Avshalom Shashoni)
The recommendation for passengers is to arrive at the airport about 4 hours before the flight and take into account that until boarding the plane they are expected to stand in long queues.
"Patience, patience and remembering that at the end of the queue is waiting abroad," the PA said.
That's why we arrived five hours ahead of time, but as it seems - it's going slowly.
Indeed, the team is making efforts. "
Sarit, who flew to Cyprus, said she plans to spend the holiday there with her children and parents." We hope to get through all this predation as soon as possible.
Out of fear we arrived five hours ahead of time and we wait until the position opens and we can move forward.
We brought watermelon and spent time with him and a suitcase of snacks. "
The queues at Ben Gurion Airport, today (Photo: Flash 90, Avshalom Shashoni)
According to the employees' committee of the Airports Authority, the airport's operational system currently lacks an order of magnitude of 1,000 employees even after the reinforcement.
These workers are part of the security wing and field operating envelope like passenger cargo handling.
Other congestion is created at the check-in counters of the airlines, also there, due to a very large shortage of employees as a result of the reductions made in the last two years of declining activity, and too rapid a return to a large volume of flights.
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