The great shortage of staff at Germany's airports can also be felt in Munich: abandoned suitcases are piling up.
Munich – The problems at the airports, both with the provision of flights and with handling, continue.
In Munich, there are still major problems with baggage handling.
Abandoned suitcases are stacked up in several halls, mostly from transfer passengers, reported employees.
Corresponding evidence is available to our newspaper.
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Chaos at Munich Airport: Big problems with baggage handling
The airports have hired their own companies to load and unload the planes, and they are short of staff.
The shortfall amounts to several hundred heads.
At Munich Airport, the bottleneck is said to be particularly noticeable at Swissport Losch.
The company denies that. The so-called baggage determination, also delegated to subcontractors, is "permanently in flux," said an airport spokesman.
20,000 pieces of luggage are currently stacked in Frankfurt.
Munich Airport: Lufthansa is once again canceling several hundred short-haul flights
Only on Thursday did Lufthansa cancel several hundred short-haul flights in Munich and Frankfurt, and the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings also reduced its offer.
In order to stabilize the flight schedules, Lufthansa is also planning more empty or “ghost flights” in the next few days, reports the “Spiegel” – 364 from Frankfurt by next Thursday.
It could also be about sending left luggage behind the passengers.
Frankfurt Airport in pictures: The hub to the world
Frankfurt Airport in pictures: The hub to the world
Meanwhile, Eurowings announced that it would increase the already increased ticket prices by a further “at least ten percent” in order to absorb cost increases.
The entire aviation industry is experiencing strong premiums.
Flights to Spain have become the most expensive since 2019, by an average of 65 percent.
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