European airports can not cope with the flow of tourists – what is happening

In Europe, there is a tourism crisis at large airports that cannot cope with the crazy flow of passengers.

According to SchengenVisaInfo, anomalous queues are recorded in Spain, Italy, France and other popular tourist countries.

They explain the situation by the fact that many EU countries have already lifted restrictions related to COVID-19. At the same time, the two-year pandemic and the economic situation have forced the airfields to lay off some of the workers, so the staff simply cannot cope with the large number of tourists who finally decide to go on vacation.

What happens at airports?

In France and Italy, in addition to queuing for long-haul flights, airport staff went on strike. In Spain, over the past few months, almost 15,000 passengers have missed flights precisely because of the queues, this figure will be higher in summer.

Germany is also experiencing certain difficulties, where an increased demand for travel and a shortage of staff have been registered, and expectations at the terminals are gradually increasing. Lufthansa, Ryanair and Air France have had to cancel hundreds of flights and suffer economic losses due to a staffing problem.

According to Pasazer, the situation in the Netherlands is no better – the capital’s Schiphol airport is overflowing with a crowd of passengers in queues. Due to a shortage of staff in Amsterdam, dozens of flights are already canceled daily. Those who hope to fly on the route must arrive at the airfield 4 hours before the flight.

Similar chaos in Brussels – from June 20, passengers are asked to wait for check-in for several hours, flight cancellations are just around the corner, and workers are preparing for mass strikes. Some flights had to be canceled at London Gatwick Airport, despite the fact that the old terminal was opened there and 400 new vacancies were announced.

Military plane crashed in Russia

While the civilized part of the world is getting ready for vacation, Russia has a completely different reality. On June 21, in the evening, they reported about the accident of a Su-25 military aircraft near Rostov.

Local Telegram channels noted that the aircraft crashed on the territory of the Gusev farm in the Chertkovsky district. According to preliminary information, the pilot died, his identity is being established. There were no others in the cabin at the time of the crash.

Segodnya wrote earlier that in Odessa the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy Russian plane that was flying over the Black Sea, and also said that the Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine found the Russian plane and the remains of the invaders in the “gray zone”.