Several major airports in Europe are struggling with long queues due to staff shortages following the corona crisis. Oslo Airport is praised by a Swedish aviation expert.
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A number of airports around Europe had to lay off people due to the restrictions and the large drop in travelers during the corona crisis.
The consequences are now long queues at security and passport control at a number of the largest airports in Europe, including in our neighboring countries.
At Arlanda Airport in Sweden, they struggle with long queues and staff shortages.
The Swedish employers’ organization Transportföretaget now demands an urgent meeting with Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson (S).
– If you do not get more in faster, then it will be a very worrying summer at Arlanda, says Frekdrik Kämpfe in the organization to SVT.
–Long queues in several places
Due to major problems at the check-in counters, KLM has recently limited its ticket sales from Amsterdam Schiphol.
Until Sunday, flights can only be booked very sporadically, writes NTB.
The goal is that more available tickets mean that passengers who do not catch their plane due to long queues can take the next plane instead.
In addition, travelers are encouraged to attend a full four hours before departure. At Copenhagen Kastrup, there have also been long queues.
In the UK, Heathrow and Stansted in London report long queues at passport control, according to Evening Standard.
–Boasts of Oslo Gardermoen
The Swedish aviation expert Jan Ohlsson tells SVT that the queues in Oslo have been shorter than several of the European airports.
He points to Norwegian redundancy rules to explain the difference.
– This has been handled differently in different countries. Sweden lacks employees. Here they have been forced to fire people, while in Norway they could lay off and keep people. This is probably the reason why the queues are shorter at Gardermoen than at Arlanda, says Ohlsson to the channel.
He emphasizes that changed travel patterns after the pandemic also affect which airports experience the greatest pressure.
The number of business travelers has decreased. In addition, there are more people traveling with low-cost airlines that carry a lot of luggage as hand luggage, which means that people spend more time through security checks and slow down the queue.
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