German Air Industry Hopes for Quick Approval for Workers from Turkey

Necessary background checks could be carried out within about six weeks and the workers could therefore be deployed in ground handling services during the summer travel season.

Source dpa (TNS)

June 27, 2022

Frankfurt — The German air transport industry is hoping for a quick special permit from the authorities for the deployment of about 2,000 workers from Turkey at the country's airports.

"We hope that it will happen very quickly," a spokeswoman for the German Aviation Association (BDL) said on Friday.

The necessary background checks could be carried out within about six weeks and the workers could therefore be deployed in ground handling services during the summer travel season.

Airports and airlines in Germany and other European countries are struggling with considerable staff shortages as travel demand is increasing again after more than two years under coronavirus restrictions.

During the pandemic, airlines and airport operators cut jobs.