If before the pandemic and its restrictions made it difficult for Brazilians to travel for vacation or work,, now, international air chaos continues to maintain this scenario. It wasn't just the high ticket prices, Airports also face serious logistics problems: long queues for check-ins, lost bags and canceled or delayed flights.
The problems are being noticed in various parts of the world, although, European airports are the most affected. Summer in Europe and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions caused a lot of demand for the most varied destinations. But, airlines and airports were not prepared and still have a lack of manpower to provide service.
In several countries, airport employees are going on strikes and work stoppages to demand salary increases. The movements include everything from major airlines, such as British Airways and Lufhtansa, even the low cost airlines Ryanair and EasyJet.
Pretty steep prices!
All these changes are making many tourists reschedule their trips. This reality is also weighing on companies that pay for their employees’ flights. The round trip to Europe in the next few days could cost R$ 10 mil.
Saturated infrastructure explains this. As logistics are not supporting the large volume of tourists, fewer airline tickets are being sold. Like this, less revenue ends up being generated and ticket prices increase to compensate for the companies' profitability.
The scenario is not yet close to neutralizing, in the end, August is considered the main month of the European summer season. Another aggravating factor is the war on European soil. In addition to all the aggravating factors, fuel became more expensive due to the clash between Russia and Ukraine, impacting the price of tickets.
The most complicated destinations
It seems that chaos has broken out across the European continent. Nonetheless, British airports are among the most trouble spots, especially Heathrow, in London. Much of this has to do with the new passport rules imposed by Brexit.
Other examples are airports in Portugal that are experiencing a lot of queues and cancellations.. Already in Brussels, in Belgium, The problem is delayed flights. Recently, the delay rate exceeded the 70%. Airline problems and demands are also very noticeable at Charles De Gaule airports, from Paris (France), at Amsterdam Shiphol (Netherlands) and in Frankfurt, in Germany. In the last few weeks, the latter country recorded more than a thousand flights canceled by the Lufhtansa company.
