Because of high waiting times: thousands of passengers to miss in Frankfurt to your aircraft

Long waiting queues at Frankfurt airport have made it difficult for many travelers to the Start of the Christmas holidays. The Saturday had been acting in the Winter, “absolute peak day” with nearly 200,000 passport, said a spokesman from airport operator Fraport on Sunday. Usual of 150,000 to 180,000 travellers are currently. On Saturday morning we have concentrated on the security controls, the spokesman said. The operation on Sunday of delivery, therefore, but again.

Previously had complained of the Lufthansa long waiting times of up to 90 minutes at checkpoints. That’s why 3000 passengers had missed their flights informed the Airline on Sunday. In episode 88 of their machines took off with a delay because the baggage of the travellers affected out had to be loaded, such as the airline reported. The Luggage can’t fly without the passengers. The resulting delays would have summed up to 16 hours. Overall, it had been on Saturday 430 Lufthansa launches, 68.000 passengers would initially want to fly. “On the fourth weekend of advent large quality are once again become problems in the Frankfurt airport,” criticized Lufthansa-Manager Detlef Kayser. The System of security controls to be overloaded at peak times, “obviously”. The Problem had to be solved in the coming year, “urgent”.

On the website of the Airports, passengers were called on Sunday, at least three hours before departure at the Terminal to arrive, since it is “a very to be rich day”. Hand baggage should be abandoned, in order to shorten the waiting time at checkpoints.