Due to mass layoffs abroad due to the Covid crisis, with the tourism boom in Sardinia there are planes but not the staff to fly them, especially as regards low-cost airlines.
And delays are multiplying, sometimes accompanied by cancellations: two days ago, for example, one in three flights at Cagliari airport failed to leave on time .
Sogaerdyn, the handling company headed by Sogaer from Cagliari, explains that for those who have not worked due to Covid, the one-year authorizations have expired and to regain them you have to follow courses for several weeks.
Thus, the low-cost airlines but not only them (the German Lufthansa is in difficulty) are unable to train the crews and load the holds, and above all to unload the luggage. With the related immense inconveniences, especially for those who miss an intercontinental connection with flights of other companies , because the island does not arrive in time at the departure airport of the longest flight.
“We have speeded up the checks at the departure gates - assures Renato Branca, managing director of Sogaer (management company of the Elmas airport) - Problems related to unbound baggage remain in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, above all. Abroad, then, also the security guards were fired during the pandemic, and now they are slow to check at the gates. British Airways has canceled several flights due to lack of crew mainly from London Heathrow, but we travel with Gatwick ”.
(Unioneonline)
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