First wave of travel expected at German airports
Airports in Germany are facing the first major travel wave of the season this weekend. With the start of the Easter vacations in most German states, hundreds of thousands are planning to leave for... Airports in Germany are facing the first major travel wave of the season this weekend, with hundreds of thousands planning to leave for vacation trips this weekend. The two largest hubs in Frankfurt and Munich are expecting roughly equal crowds on each of the three days from Friday to Sunday. The Rhine-Main Airport is expecting more than 180,000 guests daily at the start of the vacations in Hesse and surrounding countries, while the Rhine and Rhine Main Airport are expecting around 100,000 passengers each. The airports ask passengers to arrive at the airport in good time before departure, with as little and well-stocked carry-on luggage as possible. Germany's largest airline is once again deploying a Boeing 747 jumbo on the unusual short-haul route to Mallorca at Easter.
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FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Airports in Germany are facing the first major travel wave of the season this weekend. With the start of the Easter vacations in most German states, hundreds of thousands are planning to leave for vacation trips, especially to the Mediterranean region, starting this Friday. Tourists do not have to fear strikes in the public sector because of the peace obligation that has set in during the arbitration attempt. The airport operating companies and airline representatives have announced that everything will run smoothly. A repeat of last summer's check-in chaos is to be avoided at all costs.
The two largest hubs in Frankfurt and Munich are expecting roughly equal crowds on each of the three days from Friday to Sunday. The Bavarians are expecting around 100,000 passengers each, while the Rhine-Main Airport is expecting more than 180,000 guests daily at the start of the vacations in Hesse and surrounding countries. Although these are the highest figures for the current year, they are also significantly lower than the record figures from the time before the Corona pandemic, when more than 240,000 passengers were counted in Frankfurt.
According to the German Airports Association (ADV), the larger airports continue to have problems finding sufficient staff. In order to be able to handle the planned flight program, however, the airports, airlines and service providers are planning much more closely together, explained ADV CEO Ralph Beisel these days. "Operationally, we are well prepared for the coming weekend," a Lufthansa spokeswoman also said. Germany's largest airline is once again deploying a Boeing 747 jumbo on the unusual short-haul route to Mallorca at Easter.
There should be no excessively long queues at the major NRW airports. They are well prepared after the chaos last summer, say spokesmen for the airports. The destinations of Easter holidaymakers are Turkey, Mallorca, Egypt and London, for example, reported Düsseldorf Airport. The situation is similar at the neighboring airport in Cologne, where the most popular destinations are Spain, Turkey and Italy. Both airports are expecting a combined total of around 1.4 million passengers during the vacations.
The airports ask passengers to arrive at the airport in good time before departure, with as little and well-stocked carry-on luggage as possible. Parking spaces and time slots at passenger checkpoints can be pre-booked at many airports./ceb/DP/stk
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