Flying somewhere tropical to escape the cold (and energy prices)? ✈️ Chaos at Schiphol won’t hold you back any longer, says the airport’s big boss.
Schiphol’s temporary CEO, Ruud Sondag, says dissatisfied travellers can fly over the Christmas holidays without any disturbances, reports NU.nl.
More security guards for fewer passengers
Schiphol has employed more security guards, Sondag says, in response to the staff shortages that led to an epidemic of delayed flights.
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The 170-strong team will be tasked with making sure that even on the busiest of days (December 17 and 18, and January 3), passengers won’t have to come to the airport more than two or three hours before their flight.
We may need to see it to believe it, though, as this was the state of the queues two weeks ago:
the passport queue at Schiphol Airport this evening was… Quite A Lot pic.twitter.com/NpBNKie517
— Josh Salisbury (@josh_salisbury) September 30, 2022
However, from March 24, Sondag says that the airport will be looking forward to processing its usual number of passengers.
Tuck your fruit away when you travel
Despite the uptick in the number of security guards, more suitcases still have to pass through security machines.
These machines, however, aren’t without their flaws.
Often, a banana, an apple, or an issue of LINDA (a Dutch women’s magazine) is enough to set off the alarm. This means that the bags containing the “offending” items have to be manually searched — resulting in a waste of time and money.
Sondag admits that the present system needs to increase the airport’s ability to search luggage without hiccups. (Ya think? 👀)
What do you think of Sondag’s guarantee? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
The Twitter post is from 2.5 months ago, not 2 weeks ago