Cologne (dpa/lnw) – After the chaotic conditions at the weekend due to insufficiently manned security checks, the situation at Cologne/Bonn Airport has eased, according to a spokesman. The situation is not comparable to that of Saturday, said the airport spokesman on Monday. At the weekend, hundreds of travelers missed their flight at NRW’s second largest airport due to long waiting times, and there were also significant delays. In order to calm the heated situation with unnerved passengers, who at times waited in queues several hundred meters long, the police had also been called to the airport.
In a message, the airport had spoken of unreasonable waiting times. The federal police and the service provider Securitas are expected to make suggestions as to how the problems at the security checkpoint can be solved “as quickly as possible”. At times, less than half of the planned lanes at the security checkpoint were open.
At the same time, the airport administration emphasized that they had no influence on the staffing of the controls. “The airport has no active role in security control,” said the spokesman, adding that this is a sovereign federal control.
The number of passengers at the airport between Cologne and Bonn is high during the summer holidays. Up to 37,000 passengers depart or arrive at the weekend. The airport said there were discussions with the airlines to reduce flights at peak times.
