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chaos at airports
The weekend was rough in Australia, with a lack of staff and uncooperative passengers
Airbus A320 in Sydney Airport
HutheMeow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rafael Ramos
4/11/2022
Major Australian airports had a weekend with long lines and delays, as they saw demand for travel soar due to the Easter holiday.
As reported by the Simple Flying portal, the central problem at Sydney airports was the lack of security screening personnel for two reasons: The lack of qualified personnel, who were leaving during the pandemic, when demand was low and; many employees were absent because they had been in contact with someone with covid recently.
Friday was the busiest day at Sydney airport in over two years. The company Jetstar, for example, is working at 110% of its pre-pandemic capacity this Easter holiday.
The problems didn't just stop in Sydney, but for similar reasons, spread to Melbourne and Brisbane airports.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was criticized for pointing out that passengers could be contributing to queues and delays as they were not cooperating when arriving at the x-ray machines, making the process longer than it should have been.
Sydney International Airport
Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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