How long to wait? Airport introduces new service
How long are the waiting times at Cologne/Bonn Airport? Travelers have recently received this information from the airport itself – albeit on Twitter.
Cologne/Bonn – Whether am Dusseldorf Airport or Airport Frankfurt – Many German airports provide information themselves about the current waiting times at security or passport controls. At the Cologne/Bonn Airport such information has so far been sought in vain. But the airport has now followed suit. The waiting time in front of the security check is now communicated several times a day, but not every traveler should come across it directly.
Waiting time at Cologne/Bonn Airport: Airport shares current times via Twitter
Those who are currently accepting a flight from Cologne/Bonn Airport can now find out about the current waiting times in advance. Since Friday (July 29), the airport has been dividing them every two to three hours via Twitter with. And that every day. With this, travelers can now time their journey to the airport even better and estimate how long they will have to wait in line at the security checkpoint.
Since the beginning of NRW– During the summer holidays, there were always hours of waiting at Cologne Airport. The main reason was the lack of staff, but also the large passenger trailer. Just on weekends it had in places “Unreasonable waiting times” at Cologne Bonn Airport given. Specifically, some travelers queued for up to ten hours. As a result, several countermeasures were implemented and announced.
Cologne/Bonn Airport: What can travelers do to avoid long waiting times?
► Because of the long wait times, there are a few things that Travelers at Cologne/Bonn Airport need to know up-to-date.
► To keep the situation as calm as possible, passengers can do a lot themselves during security checks or check-in at Cologne/Bonn Airport.
► This also includes: Not getting to the airport too early. “Many travelers also arrive five to eight hours before departure,” says a spokesman for the federal police. That also led to long queues and longer waiting times at Cologne Airport.
Cologne/Bonn Airport: This is done against long waiting times
Due to ongoing problems with long queues, on Cologne/Bonn Airport announced several countermeasures:
- Flight schedules in traffic peaks are to be reduced
- Increase in staff in the terminal
- Federal police hat second company for security checks at Cologne/Bonn Airport set
Above all, Cologne/Bonn Airport itself wants to adjust the flight schedule again. Specifically, this should be relieved at peak times. This means that there would be fewer flights at prime travel times, such as weekend mornings or weekday evenings.
The Federal Police has meanwhile increased the staff at the security checks again. A second service provider has been in action since Thursday (July 28). And probably very successfully. Because as a result there were no extremely long waiting times at Cologne/Bonn Airport on the last weekend in July. (os)