Baggage crisis at Prague’s Václav Havel Airport gradually coming under control

Photo: Ondřej Tomšů, Radio Prague International

Prague’s Václav Havel Airport has been struggling to deal with a baggage-handling crisis that has affected thousands of passengers on both incoming and outgoing flights. The airports’ handling company is taking measures to correct the situation and a special helpline has been set up for passengers whose luggage failed to arrive.

Frequent flight delays, a shortage of baggage handlers and air traffic overload –those were the reasons cited for the chaotic situation at Prague airport these past few days when incoming passengers often had to wait for several hours for their luggage to arrive and outgoing passengers sometimes found that their luggage did not arrive at their destination with them.

See more here.

Author: Daniela Lazarová