Cologne/Bonn Airport in Chaos: Hundreds of flights fail!

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Aktuelle Flugausfälle und Verzögerungen am Flughafen Köln/Bonn am 5. Februar 2025 wegen Personalmangel. Passagiere informiert!
Current flight cancellations and delays at Cologne/Bonn Airport on February 5, 2025 due to lack of staff. Passengers informed! (Symbolbild/ANAG)

This day, February 5, 2025, passengers at Cologne/Bonn Airport experience significant impairments of air traffic. As tonight.de , the problems can be attributed to a personnel.

A total of 56 flights at Cologne/Bonn Airport were deleted today, which makes up over half of the planned departures. According to radiobonn.de , further flight cancellations cannot be ruled out during the day. Travelers have to prepare for long waiting times at the security controls because the employers of the security personnel are affected. The airport itself is not strike.

Details about painted flights

The following flights are particularly affected, which can be found today:

  • Departure: 7.20 p.m. to Erbil (UBD 436)
  • Arrival: 6.20 p.m. by Erbil (UBD 435)

In addition, passengers report regular delays in the check-in, which further tightens the situation. The travelers will advise to keep the hand luggage minimally and regularly check the status of their flights to avoid unexpected complications.

context of the disorders

The current difficulties at Cologne/Bonn Airport are not the first time that passengers are affected by such disorders. In March 2024, several warning strikes occurred, which significantly impaired the company. On March 14, 2024, a warning strike from the Verdi union led to all planned flights were canceled or redirected, while the situation normalized the following day.

Another strike from Lufthansa from March 7th to 9th, 2024 had an impact on the airport due to an unannounced Verdi strike. While these strikes primarily affected freight traffic, the majority of passenger traffic remained unaffected. Nevertheless, travelers should always find out about the current developments of their flight in advance.

In summary, it can be stated that the concerns of the passengers at Cologne/Bonn Airport continue to exist. The combined burden of personnel bottlenecks and persistent delays requires a high degree of flexibility from the travelers.

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