Despite the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the airlines expect the number of passengers to skyrocket in the coming months, starting with the universal Easter on April 17. The summer flight plan is valid from Sunday 27/3. However, the managers of the airlines and the airports do not have any illusions. After two years of deep crisis, no one expects everything to work smoothly at peak times. In other words, passengers will have to be patient with hand luggage checks, travel documents and necessary certificates.
The largest increase in flights will occur in the near future, in view of the summer tourist season, on flights from Central Europe to the Mediterranean. According to the German Federal Airlines Association, 3% more passengers have been forecast this year than in 2019, before the pandemic crisis broke out.
A strike paralyzed top German airports
“After two years of pandemic, millions of people finally want to travel for either leisure or live business. Easyjet says it expects four times as many passengers in 2022 as However, Ryanair plans to increase flights in the summer but reduce departures from Germany by two-thirds compared to 2019. For cost reasons, the Irish airline has announced that it is canceling Lufthansa has been facing staff shortages and growing demand since Christmas due to a number of coronavirus outbreaks among pilots. number of pilots and cabin crew so that no flights were canceled. what will hire extra staff for the summer season and try to persuade passengers to check in online and deliver their luggage on automatic belts.
We recently saw how vulnerable the air travel system is in Germany when two days of strikes by security personnel paralyzed major airports outside Bavaria, leaving tens of thousands of passengers suffering from long delays or even flight cancellations.
Problems with air traffic control
Obstacles have been carried out by air traffic controllers in Europe for several months now. Due to the war in Ukraine, Poland closed its airspace to aircraft in the border area with Russia. In addition, it faces staff shortages among security inspectors. According to information from the European air traffic controllers’ unions, many Polish controllers refuse to accept an offer from its airport for 70% lower salaries and go on strike or resign.
The situation in the security of the ethers and in western Europe is predicted to be difficult when, from April 5, the French air traffic control service will start testing new software on its computers. For safety reasons the new system should not be overloaded during the first months of use. As a result, by the end of July, many flights will have to be relocated to German airspace. “As everything shows in the coming months we will not be able to avoid delays,” warns the head of the German Air Traffic Control Service.
Dirk Mans. Christian Ebner, dpa
Edited by: Stefanos Georgakopoulos
Source: Deutsche Welle
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