The travel business is booming again. However, aviation is not prepared for this. staff is missing. In July of all times, many flights are now being cancelled.
Frankfurt – During the pandemic, many airline and airport workers turned their backs on the industry. No orders, short-time work! But now the travel business is booming again. The only problem is that aviation is by no means prepared for this. Staff is still missing. Ironically, in the holiday month of July, a number of flights are now being cancelled.
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Airlines like Lufthansa are struggling with massive staff shortages. © Imago/UPI Photo
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings have already drastically reduced their flight schedule due to a lack of staff in-house and at ground and airport service providers. The group confirmed that Europe’s largest airline removed 900 flights across the EU from the system at the hubs in Frankfurt and Munich for July.
The cancellations affect the weekdays Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which corresponds to five percent of the planned capacity on the weekends.
Eurowings has also taken several hundred flights out of the program to stabilize the offer for the month of July. The Swiss Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss is also canceling numerous flights to Germany, including to Dresden, Berlin and Stuttgart.
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Experts expect that many European airlines will follow suit and that more than 100,000 flights will be canceled without replacement this summer – despite the booking boom!
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Ryanair flights are also likely to be canceled this summer. The airline also announced ticket price increases. © PR/Airport Dresden International/Ronald Bonss
The entire aviation industry, especially in Europe, is currently suffering from bottlenecks and staff shortages – from passenger control to aircraft handling and flight attendants. There is a lack of employees who looked for other jobs during the pandemic.
In addition: With Ryanair, the first airline is turning the price screw for flight tickets. “We expect an increase of five to ten percent,” says Ryanair Germany boss Andreas Gruber.
Reason: the negative consequences of the Ukraine war. Nevertheless, Ryanair expects more passengers than before.
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