Aircraft are not being loaded or unloaded. Employees: The problem is a manpower shortage.
Flights are being disrupted at Ben Gurion Airport: baggage is not being loaded or unloaded. The reason, according to the Israel Airports Authority workers committee, lies in a temporary shortage of manpower, and not in any labor sanctions.
"Unfortunately, the management did not get ready in advance to take on more manpower before the rise in passenger numbers in the summer months. We call on the management to solve the manpower shortage problem immediately and prevent passengers being harmed," the committee said.
The Israel Airports Authority says that the night-shift workers finished their quota of aircraft and are not unloading and loading baggage. "About ten aircraft are waiting to be dealt with. The management, which is aware of the inconvenience to the travelling public, is doing all it can to restore labor relations to normal."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 24, 2015
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Ben Gurion Airport cafe picture: Tamar Mitzpi