At the start of the summer school vacations in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, up to 200,000 passengers a day are expected at Germany’s largest airport. There have recently been a number of delays and baggage chaos.
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Frankfurt Airport is facing its toughest test of the year so far this coming weekend, from July 22 to 24. While there have already been a number of delays and baggage chaos due to staff shortages, up to 200,000 passengers a day are expected at Germany’s largest airport at the start of the summer school vacations in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. This is the highest number since the start of the Corona pandemic.
In coordination with its main customer Lufthansa, operator Fraport has significantly reduced capacity to 88 takeoffs and landings per hour. A few weeks ago, peaks of up to 106 aircraft movements per hour were still permitted.
According to Fraport spokesman Jürgen Harrer, the measure has significantly stabilized operations. The mountain of suitcases has been reduced from around 5,000 to 2,000 pieces of luggage. They have to be sent after their owners. So far, Lufthansa alone has canceled almost 6000 flights in Frankfurt and Munich for the months of July and August. Fraport wants other companies to cancel individual flights or at least postpone them to weaker periods.
