Schipol airport in Amsterdam in the Netherlands seems to be the epicenter of the crisis that this sector is going through in terms of staff shortages, particularly in the security professions.
For months, flight delays and cancellations have accumulated without the person in charge managing to solve the problem, causing the anger of travelers, but above all of the airlines.
And this dissatisfaction is likely to increase as Schipol has just announced that it will further reduce daily passenger traffic by 18% until at least October 31.
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“This decision is bad news for passengers and for airlines,” said the management of the airport (one of the busiest in Europe) in a statement.
“The reduction is necessary to ensure the safety of our passengers and employees,” he continues.
Remember that in an attempt to reduce passenger waiting times, the airport has been limiting the number of passengers since July. But long lines and traveler frustration returned in September due to a further shortage of security personnel, again forcing the airport to ask airlines to cancel flights.
The Dutch airline KLM, a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group, said it wanted the situation at Schiphol to be resolved “quickly and efficiently”.
A situation that has already caused the resignation of its CEO, Dick Benschop. “Schiphol’s approach to problems, and my responsibility as CEO, is the subject of much attention and criticism,” he said, adding that to “accommodate [sa] own initiative to give Schiphol the space to start over”.
Source: BFM TV
