air travel
German airports: longer waiting times, but no chaos
Passengers are waiting for their check-in at the airport in Frankfurt am Main. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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For weeks there have been problems due to a lack of staff at German airports. Many travelers had to adjust to longer waiting times again. But chaos is out of the question.
Once again, passengers at German airports had to put up with longer waiting times.
On Saturday morning there was a waiting time of around two and a half hours at the security check at Cologne/Bonn Airport, after which it relaxed again, said a spokesman for the federal police. According to the airport, the plagued guests remained patient, everything was going smoothly and orderly.
A spokesman from Düsseldorf reported something similar. Long queues formed at the airport early on Saturday morning, but they had already disappeared by 6 a.m. Everyone stayed calm – there was no chaos on the third holiday weekend in NRW.
Waiting for the security check
At Hamburg Airport, passengers had to wait around 90 minutes for their security check, as a spokesman for the federal police said. According to the information, the longest waiting times in the morning were between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. To her knowledge, no one missed their plane, said an airport spokeswoman. Summer holidays are already here in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Lower Saxony will follow on July 14th.
The processes at Frankfurt Airport were also delayed again, in some cases considerably. According to the airport operator Fraport, there were sometimes long waiting times – especially at baggage claim. However, the feared chaos did not materialize, said a spokeswoman for the company.