A list of the ten worst European airports in terms of travel chaos this month... Copenhagen Airport is not among them.
Despite the current chaos at Copenhagen Airport, including flight delays and cancellations, as well as baggage chaos, it is not among the top 10 worst European airports for travel disruptions this summer, according to a list of the "Top 10 Worst European Airports" compiled by the American business news company Bloomberg, based on data from the technology company Hopper. Brussels Airport in Belgium tops the list. Below is a list of the ten airports that experienced the most delays and cancellations in July:
- Brussels Airport (Belgium) experienced 721 TP3T flight delays and 2.51 TP3T flight cancellations
- Frankfurt Airport (Germany) experienced 681 TP3T flight delays and 7.81 TP3T flight cancellations
- Eindhoven Airport (Netherlands) experienced 671 TP3T flight delays and 1.81 TP3T flight cancellations
- Luton Airport (UK) experienced 661 TP3T flight delays and 2.71 TP3T flight cancellations
- Lisbon Airport (Portugal) experienced 651 TP3T delays and 4.81 TP3T cancellations.
- Budapest Airport (Hungary) experienced 651 TP3T flight delays and 2.11 TP3T flight cancellations
- Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) – 62% flights were delayed and 3.1% flights were cancelled
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Netherlands) experienced flight delays of 61% and cancellations of 5.2% flights
- Nice Airport (France) experienced 601 TP3T flight delays and 3.41 TP3T flight cancellations
- London Gatwick Airport (UK) Flight delayed by 59%, 1.4% cancelled
According to TV2, Jakob Pedersen, head of equity research and aviation expert at Sydbank, points to several reasons for what is happening to aircraft at European airports. Some problems arose with the coronavirus pandemic, as aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing were unable to produce the expected number of aircraft. As a result, airlines did not receive all the aircraft for which they had sold tickets, leading to many cancellations. In addition, the desire to travel among Europeans after the coronavirus pandemic is greater than the airports expected, and the airports have very few employees in relation to the level of activity, and therefore there are not enough employees to handle the tasks at the airports.
