It is not only in Norway that strikes lead to angry passengers and canceled flights. Several other airlines and airports have canceled a number of flights this summer due to staff shortages or strikes. Here is an overview of the situation at the largest airports in Europe: London Heathrow Homepage Flightstats shows that there are some delays and cancellations at London Heathrow Airport on Wednesday. Former employees this week reported to the British media about chaos and long queues at the airport. A passenger at the airport told The Mirror that the queues were so long that there was no room inside. A spokesman for Heathrow apologized for the queues to the BBC, saying that the reason was a fault in the airport’s fuel system. On Sunday, there were long queues at Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport in the UK. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS / Reuters Heathrow is also the main airport of the largest airline in the UK, British Airways. The airline reports that they will cancel 1,500 more flights this summer. They are to blame for the lack of staff. The company has already canceled 10 percent of its flights between April and October, but reports that further cancellations are necessary, writes the BBC. Most of the 1,500 flights are in July. “Since the entire aviation industry is now in the most challenging period ever, it is unfortunately necessary to make further reductions,” the company said in a press release. At the same time, there may be a strike among British Airways check-in staff at London Heathrow Airport, writes the BBC. Charles de Gaulle On Wednesday, there are moderate delays at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris France, according to Flightstats. This comes after there was a major strike among ground crews at the airport last week and a technical problem that led to luggage chaos. Airport strike led to queue at Charles de Gaulle in Paris on Friday. Photo: Thomas Padilla / AP A technical fault in the baggage system of the airport led to several planes having to take off without the passengers’ luggage. Then 1500 luggage was left on the ground, and created trouble for other flights even if the error was corrected, writes Forbes. The strike this weekend led to 10 percent of flights from the airport being canceled, writes Reuters. But the strike is not over. Ground crews at Charles de Gaulle in Paris strike on Friday 1 July. Photo: Thomas Padilla / AP France 24 writes that the ground crew has announced a new strike from the morning of 8 July 2022. Schiphol On Wednesday, the delays in air traffic at the airport in Amsterdam are at a medium level. Former owners this summer have reported long queues at Schiphol, and according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, the luggage problems and the queues are getting better. This is also confirmed by communications adviser at the airport, Madelon van der Hof to news. – There is nothing new in recent days. There is a queue, but the situation is manageable. The baggage situation has not changed either, she says. In June, long queues were reported at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Photo: Peter Dejong / AP Due to a lack of staff among those who handle luggage and security checks, the airport struggles to keep up with the large summer crowds. As a measure, even the office workers at the airport have been involved in baggage handling, writes De Telegraaf. Frankfurt Frankfurt airport in Germany has a high degree of delays and disruptions in air traffic on Wednesday, Flightstats shows. Frankfurt is Germany’s busiest airport and has recently been plagued by baggage chaos, queues and delays due to low staffing. Airport chaos at Frankfurt in Germany this weekend. Photo: Michael Probst / AP – The problem will not be less in the future, even if we add more, says the head of Fraport Stefan Schulte to Reuters. Fraport is the company that operates the ground crew at the airport. They have added 1,000 new ground crews, but during the pandemic they laid off 4,000, writes Reuters. Problems due to lack of personnel will persist for two to three months, he says. Schulte apologizes for this, but says they were taken to bed by the rapid increase in travelers. – It surprised us, there I must admit that we were wrong, he says. Madrid and Barcelona Unlike the other airports, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas in Spain has few delays in air traffic, according to Flightstats. At the airport further north in the country, there are slightly more delays. At Barcelona El Prat, the level is medium. Nevertheless, this does not mean that air traffic will go smoothly in the future. Several of Ryanair’s cabin crew in Spain have plans to strike periodically from 12 to 28 July at ten different airports in the country, writes CNBC. Ryanair employees hold posters with the text “Support our strike” at Terminal 2 at El Prat Airport in Barcelona on July 1, 2022. Photo: PAU BARRENA / AFP For 12 days they will strike for better working conditions, say the unions USO and Sictpla. In a press release, Ryanair says that they believe the strike will have little effect on the flights in July. Nevertheless, a previous strike in Spain has led to Ryanair having to cancel ten flights on Saturday.
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