Passengers at German airports, like
elsewhere in Europe, have endured long waits at check-in and numerous
cancellations in recent weeks, prompting calls for government intervention.
Germany is currently considering bringing
in more temporary workers from abroad amid a shortage of security and
baggage-handling staff during the peak holiday travel season.
But the country’s interior ministry said
security checks for the temporary workers would take about two weeks, and
airlines could do their bit too in the mean time.
“For example they could open ‘fast lanes’
for all travelers and end the privileged treatment a few passengers get,”
ministry spokesman Maximilian Kall said Monday. “They could smooth out their
flight schedules and prevent peak loads.”
“So there are also measures that companies,
that bear some of the responsibility for their own staffing shortages, can
take.”
Airlines and airports across Europe had cut
jobs during the pandemic, and many are now struggling to find staff as travel
rebounds.
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