Germany plans to bring in up to 2,000 temporary workers from Turkey to avoid a collapse related to a shortage of staff at the country’s airports during the high summer season.
If approved by the country’s Ministry of Labor, the German aviation industry will have the opportunity to attract temporary staff from Turkey to work at airports. First of all, passenger check-in officers and ground handling agents are needed.
In the past few weeks, a critical situation has developed at the airports of Frankfurt and Munich – passengers lined up in long lines both at check-in and at checkpoints.
The picture is similar at other German airports, and if nothing is done, the situation will only get worse.
The entire aviation industry in Europe is under intense pressure. The reason is the unexpectedly rapid recovery in demand for air travel. Airlines and governments “missed the moment.” After the industry cut staff during the pandemic, it is now urgently trying to bring employees back.
Passengers in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK experienced similar problems.
British airlines have asked the country’s transport minister to temporarily ease immigration rules after Brexit to attract skilled workers to Europe. By the way, the government has already rejected this proposal and blamed the current problems on the inability of industry leaders to plan.